Raleigh, Naylor carry Seattle Mariners past Los Angeles Angels 7-2

Cal Raleigh had two hits and three RBIs, Josh Naylor had two hits and two RBIs and the Seattle Mariners kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 7-2 victory.

BY MIKE DIGIOVANNA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sep 16, 2026, 10:19 PM

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Andrés Muñoz, Cal Raleigh, Josh Naylor and Weston Wilson of the Seattle Mariners celebrate a 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 16, 2026. (Melina Pizano/Getty Images)

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cal Raleigh had two hits and three RBIs, Josh Naylor had two hits and two RBIs and the Seattle Mariners kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.

Seattle Mariners 7, Los Angeles Angels 2: Box score | Standings

Randy Arozarena also walked, singled and scored three runs for Seattle, which is 5 1/2 games behind Texas and Houston in the American League West and 6 1/2 games behind the Chicago White Sox for the third AL wild-card spot with nine games left.

It was 2-2 when Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi (1-6) walked Arozarena and Dominic Canzone with one out in the fifth. Raleigh roped an RBI double to left for a 3-2 lead, and Julio Rodriguez was walked intentionally to load the bases.

Angels first baseman Vaughn Grissom made a sliding, backhand stop of Naylor’s potential double-play grounder, but his throw to second sailed into left field for an error, two runs scoring on the play for a 5-2 Seattle lead.

Cal and Naylor bring in 3️⃣ more! #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/1KUzOQ7Zja

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 17, 2026

Mariners reliever Carlos Vargas (1-0) struck out Josh Lowe and Christian Moore – each on three pitches — with the bases loaded to end the bottom of the fifth, and Seattle pushed the lead to 7-2 on RBI singles by Canzone and Raleigh in the sixth.

A productive evening for Big Dumper 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/wZXJ1bAI5z

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 17, 2026

Kikuchi threw 37 pitches during a two-run, three-hit first in which the Mariners scored on Raleigh’s sacrifice fly and Naylor’s RBI single.

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