Cal Raleigh, the 2025 AL MVP runner-up, walks it off for Mariners in 2-1 win against Yankees

SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit a walk-off RBI single down the right-field line as the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Yankees 2-1 on Monday night.

Raleigh, who was not in Seattle’s starting lineup after starting the season 2 for 15 with 10 strikeouts, came through when he ripped a cutter from Yankees reliever Paul Blackburn (0-1). It was Raleigh’s second RBI of the season.

The Mariners jumped in front 1-0 on a broken-bat single by second baseman Cole Young off starter Ryan Weathers, who tossed 4 ⅓ innings of one-run ball. Seattle starter Luis Castillo kept New York scoreless across his six innings of work and recorded his 1,500th career strikeout.

Castillo did not get the win, though, as the Yankees evened the score in the top of the seventh when Amed Rosario came off the bench to deliver a sacrifice fly off Seattle reliever Eduard Bazardo. Matt Brash (1-0) and the rest of the Mariners’ bullpen kept the Yankees bats quiet the rest of the way and set the stage for Raleigh’s late-game heroics.

Raleigh entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh, but struck out swinging for his 11th strikeout of the season. The catcher’s fortunes changed in the bottom of the ninth after Leo Rivas led off with a single, and advanced into scoring position on a base hit by Brendan Donovan.

The walk-off victory was Seattle’s first of the season. The Yankees lost for the first time this season after sweeping the San Francisco Giants.

It will be a matchup of aces on Tuesday night, with the Mariners sending out righty Logan Gilbert (0-0, 5.06) against Yankees lefty Max Fried (1-0, 0.00).

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Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson, left, comes out to pull relief pitcher Jose Ferrer, third from left, from the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

New York Yankees relief pitcher Camilo Doval walks to the dugout after retiring the side against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Gabe Speier throws against the New York Yankees during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh reacts after striking out against the New York Yankees during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Mariners' Luke Raley, left, throws water on Cal Raleigh to celebrate Raleigh's game-winning single as New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. walks away after a baseball game, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Mariners' Luke Raley celebrates with Cal Raleigh, right, after Raleigh's game-winning single against the New York Yankees after a baseball game, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Adam Gaudette scored with 21 seconds left, Alexander Wennberg and Macklin Celebrini each had two goals and an assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis 5-4 on Monday night to snap the Blues' three-game winning streak.

On the rush, Gaudette flicked a wrist shot from near the left faceoff spot that trickled between the legs of goalie Joel Hofer.

Yaroslav Askarov made 22 saves for the Sharks (34-31-7), who have 75 points — tied with Seattle and two behind Nashville for the final Western Conference wild card. Los Angeles has 76 points, while St. Louis (31-31-11) has 73.

Theo Lindstein, Pavel Buchnevich, Philip Broberg and Cam Fowler scored for the Blues, and Jake Neighbours had two assists. Hofer finished with 24 saves.

Fowler scored a power-play goal to make it 4-all with 7:07 left when he took a wrist shot from the right side that beat Askarov to the glove side and slipped inside the left post.

The 19-year-old Celebrini, the No. 1 selection in the 2024 draft, has 38 goals and 63 assists — making him the sixth different teenager in NHL history with at least 100 points in a season.

Blues: Visit the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.

Sharks: Host the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday.

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San Jose Sharks right wing Adam Gaudette (81) celebrates his goal with center Barclay Goodrow (23) and defenseman Mario Ferraro (38) during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)