Guardians' Chase DeLauter hits 4th home run in 3rd career game, Guardians beat Mariners 6-5

SEATTLE (AP) — Rookie outfielder Chase DeLauter hit his fourth career home run to give Cleveland the lead for good in the 10th inning, and the Guardians beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night.

DeLauter, who Thursday became the fifth player in the franchise's 126-year history to hit a home run in his first career regular-season at-bat, extended his arms on an elevated fastball from Mariners closer Andrés Muñoz (0-1) and deposited it beyond the left-field wall at T-Mobile Park for a two-run home run that made it 6-3.

DeLauter became the third player in major league history to hit a home run in each of his first three games, joining Seattle's Kyle Lewis (2019) and Colorado's Trevor Story (four straight in 2016).

Julio Rodríguez hit a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning off Cade Smith (1-0) that made it 3-3.

Luke Raley homered for the third consecutive game, a two-run shot in the bottom of the 10th. Connor Brogdon, who came on to start the inning, struck out Leo Rivas and Cole Young to end it and earned his first save of the season.

Mariners starter Bryan Woo threw five scoreless innings before Cleveland pushed two runs across in the sixth, first on an RBI double by José Ramírez and then on an run-scoring single by Kyle Manzardo.

Ramírez joined Tris Speaker (486) and Nap Lajoie (424) as the only players with 400 or more doubles in Cleveland’s 126-year franchise history.

Woo pitched six innings and gave up two runs with nine strikeouts.

Seattle's Cal Raleigh got his first his first hit of the season with an RBI single in the first inning. The 2025 AL MVP runner-up, Raleigh struck out in each of his first eight at-bats to start the season.

Slade Cecconi gets the ball for the Guardians in the final game of the four-game series against Emerson Hancock in the season debut for both starters.

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Cleveland Guardians' Chase DeLauter, right, greets Steven Kwan (38) after hitting a two-run home run as Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, center, looks away during the 10th inning of a baseball game, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena watches the two-run home run from Cleveland Guardians' Chase DeLauter fly over the fence during the 10th inning of a baseball game, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo reacts after allowing a run against the Cleveland Guardians during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Cleveland Guardians' Chase DeLauter yells while running the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the 10th inning of a baseball game, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Regional powers plan to meet Sunday in Pakistan to discuss how to end the fighting in the Middle East as about 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war.

Pakistan said Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will send top diplomats to Islamabad for talks. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held “extensive discussions” on regional hostilities.

The war has threatened global supplies of oil and natural gas, sparked fertilizer shortages and disrupted air travel. Iran’s grip on the strategic Strait of Hormuz has shaken markets and prices.

The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran, whose retaliatory attacks have targeted Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states. More than 3,000 people have been killed.

The Houthis’ entry could further hurt global shipping if they again target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea, through which about 12% of the world’s trade typically passes.

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The Israeli military identified the dead soldier as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, originally from New Haven, Connecticut.

Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, a relative in Connecticut, spoke to Israel’s Army Radio station, describing his great nephew as a “very special young man” who was religious, a good student and “enjoyed every moment of life.”

Katz was killed in combat in southern Lebanon as Israel expands an invasion there.

Israel’s military said early Sunday that a soldier had been killed while three others were wounded in combat in southern Lebanon.

This brings the total to five Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah reignited after the militant group fired rockets into Israel on March 2.

Two Israeli strikes early Sunday killed six Palestinians, including three policemen, in the Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said.

One strike hit a police checkpoint while another hit a group of people in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser hospital, which received the bodies.

The Israeli military didn’t immediately comment on the strikes.

The people killed were the latest fatalities among Palestinians in the coastal enclave since an October ceasefire deal attempted to halt a more than two-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Interceptions and drone activity were heard for hours overnight Saturday across Irbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, including drones shot down while attempting to target the U.S. consulate and nearby bases.

AP journalists in the area reported nonstop loud explosions and saw at least one drone headed toward American facilities, in one of the most intense days of attacks since the war began.

Iran-aligned militias in Iraq have stepped up repeated drone and missile attacks on U.S. bases, including in Irbil.

In a statement on Saturday, the U.S. condemned what it called “despicable terrorist attacks” by Iran’s militant groups, saying the strikes on Kurdish regional President Nechirvan Barzani’s residence in Irbil earlier that day were “a direct assault on Iraq’s sovereignty, stability and unity.” The attack caused material damage but no casualties, and the residence was empty at the time.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Jezzine with other journalists on Saturday, March 28, 2026, speaks on his mobile phone in Marjayoun town, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A member of the Iranian Red Crescent Society stands at Hypercar, an auto service center, amid damages which according to the company's officials were caused by strikes on March 1, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People collect leaflets scattered on the ground at a site where a projectile carrying them hit an apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)