Jorge Polanco blasts 2 homers as Mariners rout Marlins

Jorge Polanco hit two home runs and Luis Castillo allowed one hit over six scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners clobbered the visiting Miami Marlins 14-0 Saturday night in an interleague game.

Julio Rodriguez and Mitch Garver also homered and rookie Ben Williamson drove in four runs for the Mariners, who won for the third time in their past four games and improved to 12-5 over their past 17 to move into a first-place tie with Texas atop the American League West.

The only hit Castillo (3-2) allowed was a line-drive single to right field by Dane Myers leading off the third. Castillo, a right-hander, walked two and struck out five.

Rodriguez led off the bottom of the first by hitting Connor Gillispie's initial pitch of the game high off the left-field foul pole, a blast estimated at 417 feet.

Two pitches later, Polanco homered to right.

The Mariners didn't stop there, as Cal Raleigh walked and, an out later, Luke Raley reached on a bunt single down the third-base line. A walk to Rowdy Tellez loaded the bases and Williamson lined a two-run double down the left-field line. Miles Mastrobuoni hit a two-run double to right to make it 6-0.

Seattle added a run in the second as Polanco drew a leadoff walk and Raleigh hit a ground-rule double down the right-field line. Raley's sacrifice fly extended the lead to 7-0.

Gillispie (0-3) lasted just two innings, giving up seven runs on six hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

The Mariners scored three more times in the fourth to reach double-digits. With one out, Polanco homered to right off reliever George Soriano. Walks to Raleigh and Randy Arozarena and a single by Raley loaded the bases for Rowdy Tellez, who was hit by a pitch from Anthony Veneziano to bring home a run. Williamson grounded into a forceout to make it 10-0.

Seattle scored in the sixth as Raley, Donovan Solano and Williamson singled with two outs.

The Marlins sent position player Javier Sanoja to the mound in the seventh. He allowed a leadoff single to J.P. Crawford and, two outs later, Garver went deep to left.

Seattle tallied once more off Sanoja in the eighth. Raley drew a leadoff walk, took second on a groundout and scored on Mastrobuoni's single to center.

The Mariners' Troy Taylor, Casey Legumina and Tayler Saucedo each allowed one hit in a scoreless inning of relief to complete the four-hit shutout.

--Field Level Media