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Rangers Bring 1-0 Series Advantage over Mariners Into Game 2
Corey Seager, Wyatt Langford and Danny Jansen homered as Texas scored five runs in the fifth and moved closer in the playoff race.
On Tuesday, Seattle Mariners rookie Lazaro Montes hit a 474-foot home run at T-Mobile Park, the longest blast recorded at the venue during the Statcast era.
Despite Montes's power display, the Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 10-5, dealing a significant blow to Seattle's fading postseason hopes.
Witnessed by 35,476 fans, the three-run shot tied the longest home run hit by any MLB player this year and landed in the "J-Rod Squad" section.
Corey Seager, Wyatt Langford, and Danny Jansen each homered for Texas, powering a five-run fifth inning that secured the Rangers' victory despite Seattle's late rally.
The loss drops the Mariners to 67-78, leaving them seven games behind the Houston Astros for the division lead and complicating their wild-card path.
Texas beat Seattle 10-5 with home runs from Seager, Langford and Jansen. Quantrill stood out on the mound with six solid innings.Lazaro Montes shone with a 474-foot home run, the longest in T-Mobile Park. Rangers approach the wild card in the American League.