Kirby shines, Naylor homers as Mariners beat Cardinals 3-2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — George Kirby won his third consecutive start, Josh Naylor hit a solo home run and the Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Friday night.

Seattle Mariners 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2: Box score | Standings

Kirby (4-2) allowed five hits and two runs in six innings. He was lifted after giving up leadoff single in the seventh.

Andrés Muñoz, an All Star in 2025, worked the ninth for his fourth.

The Mariners have played 10 one-run games this season, going 4-6. St. Louis fell to 11-3 in games decided by two runs or fewer in 2026.

Seattle has won five consecutive games and six of its seven games against the Cardinals.

Naylor broke a 2-2 tie when he led off the sixth by slamming a fastball 418 feet off Andre Pallante (2-2). Naylor had a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth of Seattle’s 5-4 win over the Athletics on Wednesday.

Naylz for the lead! #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/kGpHc0CCA3

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 25, 2026

Pallante struck out eight and walked three while giving up four hits in 5 1/3 innings.

The Cardinals rallied from a 2-0 deficit when Masyn Winn hit a two-out bloop single to short right, scoring Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman.

Seattle went up 1-0 in the second. Former Cardinal Randy Arozarena led off with a double and scored on a two-out single to center by Cole Young.

Cole gets things started 🙌 pic.twitter.com/fAM25Znmfs

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 25, 2026

The Mariners extended their lead to 2-0 on a two-out single by Dominic Canzone to drive in Naylor in the fourth inning.

Dom adds another 🤌 pic.twitter.com/fTyTdyy3lK

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 25, 2026

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RHP Bryan Woo (1-2, 2.25) was set to start for Seattle on Saturday against LHP Matthew Liberatore (0-1, 3.67).

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