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03/29 21:20 CDT Hancock tosses 6 no-hit innings, Donovan homers as Mariners
beat Guardians 8-0
Hancock tosses 6 no-hit innings, Donovan homers as Mariners beat Guardians 8-0
By ANDREW DESTIN
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) --- Emerson Hancock threw six hitless innings and Brendan Donovan
launched a three-run homer as the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians
8-0 on Sunday to earn a four-game split in their season-opening series.
Hancock (1-0), who won a spot in the Mariners' rotation in large part because
of an injury to Bryce Miller, set a career high with nine strikeouts. The only
baserunners the 26-year-old right-hander allowed came when he walked Jos
Ramrez in the first inning and hit CJ Kayfus with a fastball in the sixth.
It wasn't until Guardians rookie Chase DeLauter lined a clean single to right
field leading off the seventh against reliever Cooper Criswell that Seattle's
bid for a no-hitter ended. Daniel Schneemann also singled for the Guardians in
the eighth.
Hancock joined Flix Hernndez as the only Mariners pitchers to strike out nine
or more in a hitless outing of at least six innings. Hernndez did so when
throwing a perfect game in 2012.
Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi (0-1) struggled to keep the Mariners' offense
at bay.
Leo Rivas hit an RBI single in the fourth and Donovan connected for his second
homer with Seattle. Randy Arozarena added an RBI double in the fifth and Luke
Raley had a run-scoring single.
Cal Raleigh, the AL MVP runner-up in 2025, drove in Donovan with a ground-rule
double in the sixth. Arozarena knocked in Seattle's final run in the eighth
with an RBI single.
Up next
Guardians LHP Parker Messick gets the ball Monday in Los Angeles against RHP
Roki Sasaki and the World Series champion Dodgers.
RHP Luis Castillo starts Monday night for Seattle against LHP Ryan Weathers in
the first of three home games against the New York Yankees.
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