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The fun twist to a brilliant outing by Seattle Mariners' Logan Gilbert
SEATTLE – Logan Gilbert did something he hadn’t done before in the Seattle Mariners’ season finale.
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The right-handed starting pitcher called some of his own game in Sunday’s 6-4 victory over the Oakland A’s, using the PitchCom to relay signals to catcher and close friend Cal Raleigh.
“I asked Cal all year if I could do the PitchCom, because he doesn’t like when we shake him off. He actually wanted me to all year, because he wanted me to give up a hit on something I called and then kind of rub it in my face,” Gilbert said with a laugh.
Raleigh had to wait quite a while for Gilbert to give up that first hit. The All-Star went recorded 17 straight outs against Oakland before Nick Allen finally broke through with a two-out single in the bottom of the sixth.
“I was going to hear it afterwards if it didn’t go well, but I didn’t call every pitch,” Gilbert said. “… I was calling sometimes and I told Cal if he didn’t like it, he could override me. … We were just going back and forth.”
So, who called the pitch that resulted in Allen’s single?
“I think it was Cal actually, but (the pitch) was right down the middle,” Gilbert said. “He doesn’t have to know that part. We’ll blame it on the PitchCom.”
Allen’s single spoiled Gilbert’s bid for perfection and ended his outing. But as he walked off the field for the final time during what’s been a rollercoaster 2024 season for the team, a crowd of 42,177 fans at T-Mobile Park rose to their feet and showed their appreciation with a standing ovation.
“That means a lot. I probably couldn’t actually put into words what it means. It was pretty overwhelming,” Gilbert said. “Honestly, that’s the kind of moment that I wish I could just hit pause on and take it in for a while because it goes so quick and mean so much, but you feel how much they care. You feel how much these fans support me and everybody else, and also I’m trying to lay it all on the line for the team and for the fans. So, it’s nice that they show their appreciation, and hopefully they know how much I appreciate it too.”
Gilbert finished the day with seven strikeouts and just the one hit allowed.
The outing capped off what’s been a brilliant year for the Stetson product. He proved himself as the workhorse of a pitching staff full of talented arms, leading the major leagues with 208 2/3 innings pitched.
“That’s really impressive, and Logan is the real deal,” manager Dan Wilson said. “He’s got tremendous talent, and he’s a tremendous person and a guy that’s a leader in our pitching staff. It was just a great afternoon for him.”
Gilbert was an All-Star for the first time this season. He also led MLB with a 0.89 WHIP, was tied for second in quality starts (22), and ranked third in opponents’ batting average (.196) and sixth in strikeouts (220).
In 33 starts this season, he went at least six innings 26 times.
And despite the over 200 innings of wear and tear on his arm heading into Sunday’s game, Gilbert found another gear. He twice reached 100 mph with his four-seam fastball, including a career-high 100.5 mph pitch. Four more four-seamers touched 99 mph.
The Mariners recently altered their rotation to put Gilbert in line to start the season finale with the hopes he’d be trying to pitch them into the playoffs. Unfortunately for Gilbert and his teammates, the result of the game was inconsequential after they were eliminated from postseason contention on Thursday.
“It says a lot about him as a person to go out there and compete even when there’s nothing on the line,” Raleigh said. “You gotta show up even when it’s tough like that. So hats off.”
As for Gilbert’s ability with the PitchCom, Raleigh revealed there are some bugs to work out if he were ever to call any of his own pitches again.
“There was a lot of times where he wasn’t even hitting anything or he’s hitting the wrong pitch that he doesn’t even have,” Raleigh said. “It was kind of comical.”
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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
Up next
Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.
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FIFE, Wash. – A portion of southbound I-5 will be closed overnight in Fife Friday and Saturday night, according to WSDOT.
The Washington State Department of Transportation says the purpose of the closure is to install a new electronic sign and will need two nights to do it.
Crews will close southbound I-5 from 54th Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road starting at 11 p.m. Friday night until 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Closures will resume Saturday night starting at 11 p.m. as well, and lanes will reopen Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
WSDOT says the closure will include the 54th Avenue ramps to southbound I-5.
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