Josh Naylor -- General News

The Seattle Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Tuesday evening at Target Field. The game was initially a tight pitching duel, with the Mariners holding a narrow 2-1 lead entering the eighth inning. Josh Naylor broke the game open with a three-run homer off reliever Cole Sands, expanding the lead to 6-1. Naylor finished 3-for-5 with 4 RBIs despite being thrown out twice on stolen base attempts earlier in the contest. He noted that he was specifically looking for Sands' cutter pitch, describing it as "that guy's miss the barrel pitch."

The Mariners' offensive attack continued in the ninth inning when Julio Rodríguez drove in two additional runs with his third double of the game, a line drive to the left field corner. Cole Young contributed three hits on the night, including a sixth-inning single off lefty Cody Funderburk that broke a 1-1 tie and gave Seattle the lead for good. Young extended his RBI streak to five consecutive games and is batting .324 against left-handed pitchers this season with 8 RBIs.

Seattle's offensive output came primarily against the Twins' bullpen, which relies heavily on breaking pitches. The Mariners recorded 12 hits and struck out seven times while the Twins' bullpen managed only one strikeout. The victory improved the Mariners' record to 15-16 on the season. Manager Dan Wilson praised the balanced offensive performance, noting that there were "contributions up and down the lineup."

Josh Naylor powered the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, hitting a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning off starter Andre Pallante. The blast traveled 418 feet with a 107.3 mph exit velocity and marked his third homer of the season, continuing a recent hot stretch that included a walkoff single on Wednesday against Oakland.

Naylor also contributed in the fourth inning by working a walk and then executing a stolen base attempt—taking off before Pallante even began his windup and reaching second base without a throw. He subsequently scored on a Dominic Canzone single. This stolen base extended Naylor's remarkable 23-for-23 success rate in steal attempts over 91 Mariners games, despite being ranked 351st out of 352 qualified players in sprint speed at 23.9 feet per second.

The victory provided important momentum for the Mariners' six-game Midwest road trip, as the team had lost eight of their first nine road games. Over his last six games, Naylor has posted a .500 batting average (10-for-20) with one home run, two doubles, four walks, and four strikeouts. Manager Dan Wilson praised Naylor's hard-nosed approach, noting that his competitive style energizes the entire team's performance across all aspects of the game.