Julio Rodriguez Re-Writes Own Personal History Books in Seattle Mariners Win on Thursday
The Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Thursday afternoon in Oakland to split the four-game series with the division rivals. With the win, the M's took the final game ever for the franchise at the Oakland Coliseum, as the A's will be relocating to Sacramento and Las Vegas over the next few years.
Seattle is now 71-70 on the season and 4.5 games back in the American League West race. Though the division is not out of reach, it's still a longshot that requires the M's to play nearly flawless baseball over the last 21 games.
In the win on Thursday, the M's got a decent 5.0 inning start from Bryan Woo and they also got massive home runs from both Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez.
In Rodriguez's case, he re-wrote some of his own personal history with his shot.
Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:
JULIOOOO
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THAT’S THE 3RD-LONGEST HR OF HIS CAREER
JULIOOOO
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) September 5, 2024
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THAT’S THE 3RD-LONGEST HR OF HIS CAREER https://t.co/tEQH9rAU7E
It's been a down year for Rodriguez, who has dealt with a serious ankle injury as well. However, he's been much better over his last month of action. He's hitting .258 for the season with just 14 homers, 49 RBI and 20 stolen bases. He's continued to play his trademark excellent defense in center field and is closing in on finally reaching the .700 OPS mark. Over his last 30 games, he's hitting .265.
He appears to have turned a corner under new interim hitting coach Edgar Martinez and the M's will need that to continue if they want any chance of postseason baseball here in 2024.
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