Donovan Solano hits 2 homers as the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago Cubs 14-6

CHICAGO (AP) — Donovan Solano homered twice and drove in five runs, helping the Seattle Mariners outslug the Chicago Cubs for a 14-6 victory on Sunday.

Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 31st homer for Seattle on a hot and windy afternoon at Wrigley Field. Dominic Canzone went deep twice as the Mariners won the rubber game of a weekend set that featured a total of 21 homers for the two teams.

Raleigh connected in the first inning against Colin Rea (4-3). The two-run drive to center field was his fourth homer of the series.

Seiya Suzuki homered twice and drove in three runs for the Cubs in their third loss in four games. Kyle Tucker and Reese McGuire also went deep for the NL Central leaders.

Chicago trimmed Seattle's lead to 5-4 when Suzuki hit a two-run shot off Logan Gilbert (2-2) with two down in the fifth. It was Suzuki's 20th homer of the season.

Seattle responded with two runs in the sixth. Canzone hit his second solo homer of the day, and Julio Rodríguez added a run-scoring groundout.

Solano made it 9-4 with a two-run shot off Chris Flexen in the seventh. Solano went 9 for 14 in the series with eight RBIs.

Seattle put away the game with five runs in the eighth against Nate Pearson. Randy Arozarena hit a two-run double and Solano capped the scoring with a two-run single.

The Mariners improved to 9-3 in rubber games this season.

Mariners RHP Bryan Woo (6-4, 3.12 ERA) starts Monday night in the opener of a four-game series at Minnesota. RHP Bailey Ober (4-4, 4.54) goes for the Twins.

Cubs RHP Ben Brown (4-5, 5.57 ERA) takes the mound Monday night at St. Louis. LHP Matthew Liberatore (4-6, 4.08) pitches for the Cardinals.

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Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki, of Japan, celebrates with third base coach Quintin Berry as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Chicago, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki, of Japan, hits a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Chicago, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Seattle Mariners' Dominic Canzone celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Seattle Mariners' Dominic Canzone, right, celebrates with J.P. Crawford after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Seattle Mariners' Donovan Solano celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels first baseman Trey Mancini, a cancer survivor and former Baltimore slugger, played in his first major league game since 2023 on Monday night against the Houston Astros.

Mancini delivered a run-scoring single in the second inning in his first at-bat.

The Angels selected the contract of Mancini and put him in the lineup at first base against the Astros after placing infielders Vaughn Grissom (left oblique strain) and Adam Frazier (right elbow inflammation) on the 10-day injured list.

Mancini, 34, agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels in February, a deal that included an invitation to major league spring training. Mancini hit .273 with six homers, 29 RBIs and three steals for Salt Lake this year.

Mancini has batted .263 with 129 homers and 400 RBIs over parts of seven seasons in the majors. He played parts of six seasons with the Orioles and hit a career-high 29 homers in 2019.

Mancini then missed the 2020 season after surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon. He made a successful return to the Orioles in 2021, and he won a World Series ring in 2022 after Baltimore traded him to Houston.

He spent part of the 2023 season with the Chicago Cubs. He has since played in the minor league systems of the Reds, Marlins and Diamondbacks.

Mancini opted out of a minor league deal with Arizona last July after batting .308 with 16 homers for Triple-A Reno.

Grissom’s move to the IL was retroactive to Friday. Frazier’s move was retroactive to Saturday.

The Angeles also recalled infielder Denzer Guzman from Triple-A Salt Lake and transferred infielder Yoán Moncada to the 60-day injured list.

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Los Angeles Angels' Logan O'Hoppe, left, scores after a single by Vaughn Grissom and a throwing error by Sterlin Thompson as Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman misses the ball during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)