{"id":192015,"date":"2025-10-05T18:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192015\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:40:10","slug":"mariners-alds-game-2-notes-october-5-vs-tigers-by-mariners-pr-oct-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192015\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners ALDS Game 2 Notes \u2014 October 5 vs. Tigers | by Mariners PR | Oct, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AS YOU MAY KNOW\u2026Julio Rodr\u00edguez went 3-for-5 with a home run and 2 RBI last night, including his first career Postseason home run\u2026in 6 career Postseason games, Julio has a .965 OPS, batting .286 (8×28) with 6 runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer, 4 RBI, 3 walks and 1 stolen base with a .394 on-base percentage and .571 slugging percentage, but\u2026DID YOU KNOW?\u2026dating back to 2022, Rodr\u00edguez has an extra-base hit in 4 consecutive playoff games?\u2026the 4-game extra-base hit streak is tied for the longest in Postseason history by a player age 24-or-younger, along with Goose Goslin for the 1938 Senators, Charlie Keller for the 1939 Yankees, Dustin Pedroia for the 2007 Red Sox, Evan Longoria for the 2008 Rays, and Ozzie Albies for the 2020 Braves.<\/p>\n

TONIGHT\u2019S POSTSEASON TILT\u2026the Mariners and Tigers square off in Game 2 of the American League Division Series tonight, with the Tigers taking a 1\u20130 series lead last night\u2026tonight\u2019s game will be televised live on FS1 with Adam Amin, A.J. Pierzynski and Adam Wainwright on the call, with Tom Verducci serving as field reporter\u2026the game will broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) with Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith and Gary Hill Jr. on the call\u2026the game will also be broadcast live on ESPN Radio with Roxy Bernstein and Gregg Olson on the call.<\/p>\n

ODDS AND ENDS\u2026the Mariners dropped Game 1 of the ALDS last night to the Tigers by a 3\u20132 score in 11 innings\u2026during the regular season, Seattle played 53 one-run games (5th-most in MLB, .585\/31\u201322) and Detroit played 33 (fewest in MLB, .636\/21\u201312).<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Tonight I Bounce Back \u2014 Of the 3 ALDS that Seattle has won (1995, 2000, 2001) in franchise history, in 2 of them (\u201995 and \u201801), Seattle dropped the first game of the series before coming back to win and advance.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Division Champs \u2014 Seattle captured its first AL West Division title in 24 years, and its fourth division title in franchise history (1995, \u201997, 2001, \u201825).<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Skipper \u2014 In his first full season as Mariners manager, Dan Wilson led the team to a 90\u201372 (.556) record and its first AL West Division title since 2001\u2026Wilson is 111\u201385 (.566) as manager (8\/23\/24-c).<\/p>\n

CAL & JULIO\u2026Cal Raleigh went 3-for-5 and Julio Rodr\u00edguez went 3-for-5 with a home run and 2 RBI last night\u2026it marked the sixth time in Mariners Postseason history that a teammate duo recorded 3+ hits in the same game, joining Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez (10\/3\/1995), Jay Buhner and Edgar Martinez twice (10\/4 and 10\/8\/1995), the trio of Buhner, Martinez and Luis Sojo (10\/7\/1995), and Raleigh and Adam Frazier (10\/8\/2022).<\/p>\n

SE\u00d1OR SMOKE\u2026All-Star closer Andr\u00e9s Mu\u00f1oz tossed a scoreless 9th and 10th inning last night\u2026the 2.0 innings pitched tied a career-high, something Mu\u00f1oz had not done since July 18, 2019 with the San Diego Padres at Miami, Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s third career appearance in the Majors.<\/p>\n

THE ROSTER\u2026the Mariners 26-man active roster for the ALDS includes 14 position players and 12 pitchers: catchers Harry Ford, Mitch Garver and Cal Raleigh, infielders J.P. Crawford, Josh Naylor, Jorge Polanco, Leo Rivas, Eugenio Su\u00e1rez and Ben Williamson, outfielders Randy Arozarena, Dominic Canzone, Victor Robles and Julio Rodr\u00edguez, and INF\/OF Luke Raley\u2026the 12 pitchers include 10 right-handers: Eduard Bazardo, Matt Brash, Luis Castillo, Logan Gilbert, Emerson Hancock, Luke Jackson, George Kirby, Bryce Miller, Andr\u00e9s Mu\u00f1oz and Carlos Vargas, and 2 lefties: Caleb Ferguson and Gabe Speier\u2026nine players from Seattle\u2019s 2022 Postseason run are on this year\u2019s roster: Crawford, Raleigh, Rodr\u00edguez and Su\u00e1rez, and Brash, Castillo, Gilbert, Kirby and Mu\u00f1oz\u2026the traveling taxi squad will be comprised of 5 players: infielder\/outfielder Miles Mastrobuoni, infielder Cole Young, along with right-handed pitchers Logan Evans, Casey Legumina and Bryan Woo.<\/p>\n

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE\u2026four players (J.P. Crawford, Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodr\u00edguez, Eugenio Su\u00e1rez) in the Mariners lineup last night were on the 2022 Seattle team that made it to the ALDS\u2026of the other 5 players in the lineup, 4 of them (Randy Arozarena, Josh Naylor, Jorge Polanco, Victor Robles) have extensive Postseason experience\u2026Arozarena played in his 34th career Postseason game last night and is batting .325 (38×117) with 24 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 11 homers, 17 RBI and 14 walks with a 1.073 OPS\u2026Naylor appeared in his 20th Postseason game last night, batting .244 (20×82) with 7 runs, 6 doubles, 2 homers and 11 RBI\u2026Polanco has appeared in 13 Postseason games, while Robles has appeared in 15 Postseason games which includes a 2019 World Series championship with the Nationals\u2026additionally, Mitch Garver has appeared in 18 Postseason games and won the 2023 World Series with the Rangers.<\/p>\n

CAL RALEIGH: HISTORY MAKER & AL MVP CANDIDATE\u2026Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh had an MVP-caliber campaign in 2025, batting .247 (147×596) with 110 runs scored, 24 doubles, 60 home runs, 125 RBI, 14 stolen bases and 97 walks, getting on base at a .359 clip, slugging .589 with a .948 OPS\u2026Raleigh led the Majors in home runs\u2026in the American League he ranked 1st in RBI, T-7th in OBP, 2nd in slugging, 3rd in OPS, 2nd in walks, 2nd in extra-base hits (84), 2nd in total bases (351), 2nd in runs (110), 3rd in plate appearances (705) and 2nd in fWAR (9.1)\u2026here\u2019s a look at 3 major records he set in 2025:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Catcher Record \u2014 Cal hit the most home runs in a season by a primary catcher, surpassing Salvador Perez (48 HR for the 2021 Royals).<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Switch-Hitter Record \u2014 Cal hit the most home runs in a season by a switch-hitter, surpassing Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle (54 HR for the 1961 Yankees).<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Mariners Record \u2014 Cal hit the most home runs in a season by a Mariners player, surpassing Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. (56 HR in 1997 and \u201898).<\/p>\n

TREMENDOUS AT T-MOBILE\u2026the Mariners went 51\u201330 (.630) at T-Mobile Park in the regular season, 2nd-best home record in the American League this season behind Toronto (.667\/54\u201327) and 6th-best home record in the Majors\u2026Seattle\u2019s .630 home winning percentage tied the 1995 season (.630\/46\u201327 at home) for 2nd-best in franchise history, trailing only the 2001 season (.704\/57\u201324 at home).<\/p>\n

UNPRECEDENTED POWER AND SPEED\u2026the Mariners offense hit 238 home runs (3rd in MLB) and recorded 161 stolen bases (T-3rd in MLB) during the regular season\u2026the 2025 Mariners are the second team in Major League history to post 230+ homers and 160+ steals, joining the 2023 Tampa Bay Rays (230 HR, 160 SB)\u2026Randy Arozarena and Luke Raley appeared for both teams (2023 TB, 2025 SEA).<\/p>\n

LINEUP DEPTH\u2026the Mariners boast one of the best overall lineups in the Majors\u2026Seattle has 8 players with 100+ plate appearances and an OPS+ of at least 110 (10% better than league-average) this season, tied for most in the Majors: Cal Raleigh (169 OPS+), Dominic Canzone (142), Josh Naylor (138), Jorge Polanco (134), Julio Rodr\u00edguez (128), Randy Arozarena (119), Leo Rivas (113) and J.P. Crawford (111)\u2026additionally, Eugenio Su\u00e1rez posted a 126 OPS+ in 657 combined plate appearances between Arizona and Seattle, posting a 94 OPS+ in 220 plate appearances with the Mariners.<\/p>\n

WELCOME TO THE J-ROD SHOW\u2026Julio Rodr\u00edguez was one of the most dynamic players in baseball in 2025\u2026the 24-year-old (32 HR, 30 SB) recorded his second career 30+ homer, 30+ steal campaign, with Julio and Bobby Witt Jr.-KC the only players in MLB history with multiple 30\/30 seasons at age 24-or-younger\u2026Rodr\u00edguez is the only player in MLB history with 4 consecutive 20\/20 seasons to begin a career, and also the only player in MLB history with 110+ homers and 110+ steals across a player\u2019s first 4 seasons (112 HR, 116 SB)\u2026additionally, Julio posted 6.8 wins above replacement (Baseball Reference), 5th-most among Major League position players.<\/p>\n

DOWN THE STRETCH\u2026Seattle went 17\u20134 (.810) over its final 21 games of the regular season, which included a 10-game winning streak from Sept. 6\u201316 and a 7-game streak from Sept. 18\u201325\u2026the Mariners also won 11 consecutive home games from Aug. 27-Sept. 25, which tied a franchise record (also: W11 in 2001).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Press enter or click to view image in full size AS YOU MAY KNOW\u2026Julio Rodr\u00edguez went 3-for-5 with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-192015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}