Cole Young drives in winning run in 10th in major league debut, Mariners beat Twins 5-4

SEATTLE (AP) — Cole Young hit a fielder’s choice in the 11th inning in his major league debut for his first RBI, giving the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

Promoted from Triple-A Tacoma prior to the game, Young hit a dribbler up the first-base line off Cole Sands (3-2) to plate Miles Mastrobuoni. The throw from first baseman Ty France was not in time.

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hit 22nd home run of the year in the third to tie the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead.

For the second straight game, the Mariners blew a lead in the ninth inning. Trevor Larnach singled to tie it for Minnesota, with Byron Buxton scoring after reaching base on reliever Carlos Vargas' fielding error.

The Mariners took their first lead of the night on J.P. Crawford's two-run home run in the seventh inning.

The Twins took a three-run lead in the second inning when Matt Wallner hit a two-run home run in his first game back from the injured list, and Buxton added a two-out RBI single.

But a strong showing from the Mariners’ bullpen kept Minnesota’s bats mostly at bay. Collin Snider (2-1) tossed scoreless innings in the 10th and the 11th.

Wallner tried to score from second on a single up the middle by Kody Clemens in the 10th inning. But Julio Rodriguez flashed a rocket arm with a perfect strike to home to gun down Wallner. Harrison Bader grounded into an inning-ending double play shortly after.

Raleigh is the first catcher in major league history to hit 22 home runs before the end of May.

Seattle right-hander Luis Castillo (4-3, 3.32) was set to start Sunday agaunst right-hander Chris Paddack (2-5, 3.92) in the series finale.

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Seattle Mariners' Cole Young reacts after being dunked with water by J.P. Crawford after reaching first on a fielder's choice that allowed Miles Mastrobuoni to score the walk-off run during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Seattle Mariners' Cole Young is dunked with water by J.P. Crawford after reaching first on a fielder's choice that allowed Miles Mastrobuoni to score the walk-off run during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Seattle Mariners' Cole Young runs to first base after hitting a single to record his first major league hit during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Seattle Mariners' J.P. Crawford celebrates after hitting a go-ahead two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Seattle. Ben Williamson also scored. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Seattle Mariners' J.P. Crawford, center, celebrates in the dugout with left fielder Randy Arozarena after hitting a go-ahead two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Seattle Mariners catcher Mitch Garver, left, prepares to tag out Minnesota Twins' Matt Wallner at home during the 10th inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Seattle Mariners designated hitter Cal Raleigh, center, celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) — The big surprise of the World Cup slalom season scored his second win Sunday adding to his fast-rising reputation before the Winter Olympics.

Paco Rassat raced to the fastest time in the second run to rise from fourth place, and push two Norwegians down the podium steps after they had been fastest in the morning run.

United States-born Atle Lie McGrath was edged out by 0.18 seconds and first-run leader Henrik Kristoffersen dropped to third, trailing 0.20 behind Rassat.

The 27-year-old Frenchman had a career-best result of ninth in World Cup races before this Olympic season started.

Rassat now has two wins, a third place and two sixth places this season and shapes as a medal contender for the Milano Cortina Olympics. The men’s slalom is on Feb. 16 at Bormio.

“To win on this crazy hill at Adelboden, It’s something really unbelievable," Rassat told Swiss broadcaster RTS, describing his season as “a magnificent surprise.”

Rassat also took the lead in the seasonlong World Cup slalom standings, ahead of his France teammate Clément Noël, the defending Olympic champion. Noël tied for eighth Sunday.

McGrath was runner-up in the Adelboden slalom for the third time in four years.

“It’s kind of crazy,” said McGrath, whose father Felix skied for the U.S. at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. “I’m of course super happy, it’s such a challenging slope and mentally it’s one of the toughest places to perform because of this amazing crowd.”

Another packed finish-area crowd at Adelboden observed a minute’s silence before racing for the victims of the fatal fire in a bar in nearby Crans-Montana on New Year’s Day. Crans-Montana hosts men’s and women’s World Cup races in three weeks’ time.

The World Cup overall standings leader, four-time title holder Marco Odermatt, does not ski slalom and his huge lead was cut a little by Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who placed fourth. Pinheiro Braathen was second to Odermatt in the classic giant slalom Saturday.

The men’s World Cup circuit stays in central Switzerland for the storied Lauberhorn meeting at Wengen, for a super-G on Friday, the classic downhill Saturday and a slalom Sunday.

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Norway's Atle Lie McGrath reacts at the finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen reacts at the finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

France's Paco Rassat speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni)

France's Paco Rassat reacts at the finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Finland's Eduard Hallberg speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Norway's Atle Lie McGrath speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni)

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen ahead of an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)