The Corner Rundown: Mariners 5, Guardians 1

Date: March 27, 2026
Matchup: Cleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners
Location: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, Washington

One night after the Guardians opened the season with a loud win, Seattle answered back Friday with a 5-1 result that evened the series at a game apiece. Cleveland got on the board immediately and looked ready to keep the early momentum rolling, but after that, the bats mostly went quiet and the Mariners made Cleveland pay for a few missed chances.

🔥 Key Performers

• Chase DeLauter: 1-for-4, HR, RBI — and honestly, he is already becoming the story of this opening series. DeLauter jumped on a George Kirby slider in the first inning and launched his third home run in his first two career regular-season games.
• George Kirby: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K — after giving up that early DeLauter homer, Kirby locked the game down and gave Cleveland almost nothing to work with the rest of the night.
• Cole Young: 3-run HR — the biggest swing of the game. His fourth-inning blast flipped a 1-0 Cleveland lead into a 3-1 Seattle advantage.
• Luke Raley: 2-run HR — added breathing room in the sixth and turned a one-swing game into a much steeper climb for the Guardians.
• Gavin Williams: 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 BB — the stuff flashed at times, but the command wasn’t there often enough, and Seattle cashed in when the opening showed up.

📝 Game Summary

Cleveland came out swinging. DeLauter got the Guardians on the board in the top of the first with a solo shot to right, and for a minute it felt like Thursday’s carryover was real.

But that was basically the last clean offensive punch of the night. Seattle grabbed control in the fourth when Young connected on a three-run homer off Williams, and that swing changed the whole shape of the game. Instead of Cleveland dictating the pace, the Guardians were suddenly playing from behind.

The biggest missed chance came in the fifth. The Guardians loaded the bases with one out against Kirby and had a real shot to flip the game back in their favor. Instead, Rhys Hoskins was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a shallow fly ball to left, and the inning fizzled from there. That was the window. Cleveland didn’t get another one like it.

Seattle then landed the closing blow in the sixth when Raley took Colin Holderman deep for a two-run homer. From there, the Mariners bullpen handled the rest and the Guardians never got the offense restarted.

📊 Notable Stats

• The Guardians were held to 1 run on 4 hits.
• DeLauter has 3 home runs in his first 2 career regular-season games, putting him in extremely rare company.
• Kirby retired Cleveland’s offense for long stretches after the first inning and allowed only two hits over six innings.
• Williams issued six walks, and that kind of traffic usually catches up with you.
• Seattle scored all five of its runs via the long ball: Young’s three-run shot and Raley’s two-run blast.

🎥 Watch the Highlights

Here are the MLB game highlights from Friday night in Seattle:

📅 Next Game

The Guardians and Mariners are back at it on Saturday, March 28, 2026, with first pitch set for 9:40 PM ET at T-Mobile Park.

Probable pitchers:
Cleveland: Joey Cantillo (LHP)
Seattle: Bryan Woo (RHP)

Post built from MLB, ESPN/AP, Reuters, and the official MLB YouTube highlights.