Castillo allows 1 run in 7 innings, Naylor hits 1st HR for Mariners in 3-1 win over Athletics

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Luis Castillo allowed a run in seven innings, Josh Naylor hit his first home run for the Mariners and Seattle beat the Athletics 3-1 on Monday night.

Castillo (8-6) gave up five hits and had four strikeouts. Andrés Muñoz pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 24th save.

Naylor, Cal Raleigh and Ben Williamson had two hits apiece.

Naylor, who was acquired via trade from Arizona last Thursday, hit a solo shot off Athletics starter JP Sears (7-9) to open the scoring in the second inning. The 30-year-old first baseman singled to lead off the fourth, stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error before Mitch Garver’s sacrifice fly gave the Mariners a 2-0 lead.

Williamson doubled to leadoff the fifth and scored on a single by Raleigh to make it 3-0. Raleigh, who leads MLB with 41 home runs, has 87 RBIs this season, tied with Arizona’s Eugenio Suárez for most in baseball.

Luis Urías was hit by a pitch to leadoff the sixth and later scored on a groundout by Brent Rooker. The Athletics snapped a four-game win streak.

Muñoz gave up a leadoff single to Miguel Andujar before he got Carlos Cortes, the potential tying run, to ground into a 5-6-3 double play and then struck out Max Schuemann on three pitches — all fastballs — to end the game.

Naylor became the first Mariners player in history with four stolen bases in his first four games with the club.

Mariners RHP Logan Evans (4-3, 3.64 ERA) starts Tuesday against Athletics RHP Luis Severino (4-11, 4.95).

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Athletics manager Mark Kotsay, left, pulls Athletics pitcher JP Sears, right during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, July 28, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh hits a single that scores a run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, July 28, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Seattle Mariners' Josh Naylor looks on as he files out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, July 28, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Seattle Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo pumps his fist after the final out of the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, July 28, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama returned to the court after limping off with a right leg injury in the opening minutes of the San Antonio Spurs' game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.

Wembanyama returned to the bench at the close of the first quarter and was on the court to start the second quarter.

Wembanyama dropped to the court after making knee-to-knee contact with the left leg of Milwaukee center Giannis Antetokounmpo under the Bucks basket with 9:18 remaining in the first quarter. Antetokounmpo was driving to the rim when the two made contact.

Wembanyama remained on the court for a few seconds before rising and hobbling unassisted in a half sprint toward the locker room.

Wembanyama suffered a hyperextended knee on Dec. 31 in the fourth quarter against the New York Knicks in a similar play. He returned to the bench but missed the next two games.

San Antonio enters Thursday's game on a two-game skid, including a 119-98 loss at Oklahoma City on Tuesday.

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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama reveals a freshly shaved head as he warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks in San Antonio, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)