{"id":211161,"date":"2025-10-13T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211161\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:42:08","slug":"mariners-julio-rodriguez-smashes-three-run-hr-early-in-alcs-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211161\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners&#8217; Julio Rodriguez smashes three-run HR early in ALCS Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"56d60582-088f-6848-5180-1fb04440cf87\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sea\/seattle-mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> got off to a strong start in Game 2 of the American Champions League Series on Monday, courtesy of <a data-player-guid=\"b4376163-318a-7510-fe79-bbb7ee9acf0d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41044\/julio-rodriguez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julio Rodriguez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46409722\/2025-mlb-playoffs-word-series-schedule-how-watch-postseason-bracket-standings\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760391728_422_r1552626_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The centerfielder smashed an 84 mph splitter off <a data-player-guid=\"17a44b2c-b2ef-33e5-bfbb-066cd0ef9722\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4949041\/trey-yesavage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trey Yesavage<\/a> for a three-run homer in the top of the first inning. Yesavage&#8217;s splitter had never allowed an extra base hit before the home run, according to ESPN Research.<\/p>\n<p>It marked Rodriguez&#8217;s second home run of the postseason, as Seattle looks to take a 2-0 lead in the series.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">JULIO RODR\u00cdGUEZ 3-RUN HOMER! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ALCS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LdnHOBG3P2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LdnHOBG3P2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1977844472164802650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 13, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The home run was Yesavage&#8217;s first career home run allowed in his fifth career start (regular season and playoffs). Entering Monday, he had only allowed two extra base hits in 19 and one-third innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle trailed 1-0 in the first inning in Game 1 before bouncing back to win <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/game\/_\/gameId\/401809283\/mariners-blue-jays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-1<\/a> on Sunday. The series shifts to Seattle on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN Research contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Mariners got off to a strong start in Game 2 of the American Champions League Series&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-211161","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\/211161","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=211161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}