Refsnyder, Rodríguez hit 3-run HRs as Mariners top Athletics 9-1, move into 1st place in AL West

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Rob Refsnyder and Julio Rodríguez hit three-run home runs and Logan Gilbert threw six shutout innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the Athletics 9-1 on Wednesday to complete a series sweep and move into first place in the AL West.

Refsnyder hit a full-count changeup 368 feet to left field, scoring J.P. Crawford and Josh Naylor for a 3-0 lead in the first inning.

Colt Emerson hit his first MLB triple in the fourth inning, driving in two runs, and Seattle added another run on a throwing error by Athletics shortstop Darell Hernaiz, extending its lead to 6-0.

Rodríguez capped the Mariners' scoring with his 10th homer of the season in the top of the eighth inning. The 418-foot shot to left-center was his eighth homer in the month of May — tied for the most the 25-year-old has hit in any month in his big league career.

Gilbert (3-4) struck out six and allowed five hits while walking two. The 29-year-old right-hander threw 91 pitches, 54 for strikes. Eduard Bazardo and Cooper Criswell worked the final three innings in relief.

Jonah Heim scored the A's lone run on a double-play groundout off the bat of Jeff McNeil in the bottom of the ninth.

Jeffrey Spring (3-6) gave up five runs on six hits in five innings for the Athletics, while striking out seven.

Seattle (28-29) moved a half-game ahead of the Athletics (27-29) in the division.

RHP Luis Severino (2-5, 4.23 ERA) starts for the Athletics in a series opener against the visiting New York Yankees on Friday.

RHP George Kirby (5-4, 3.54 ERA) starts for the Mariners in a series opener against the visiting Diamondbacks on Friday.

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Athletics' Henry Bolte hits during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Seattle Mariners' Cole Young (2) scores during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert (36) throws during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodríguez celebrates after hitting a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodríguez (44) hits a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Soroka limited San Francisco to two runs on four hits in six innings, Geraldo Perdomo broke a seventh-inning tie with a sacrifice fly and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Giants 3-2 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

Arizona has won five straight and 10 of 11. The Diamondbacks were 11-2 in a 13-game stretch against Colorado and San Francisco to improve to 31-24.

The Diamondbacks also swept a three-game series against the Giants last week in Phoenix. San Francisco has lost the first six games of a season series for the first time since dropping the first seven games to San Diego in 2010.

Soroka (7-2) gave up a two-run single to Luis Arraez with one out in the third inning. Soroka then retired the final 11 batters he faced. Paul Sewald finished for his 100th career save. He worked a three-up, three-down ninth for his 14th save this season.

The Diamondbacks trailed 2-0 in the sixth before scoring twice off Trevor McDonald (2-2) to tie tie it. Adrian Del Castillo drove in a run with a single, and Ildemaro Vargas’ sacrifice fly made it 2-2.

McDonald departed after allowing one-out singles to Tommy Troy and Ketel Marte in the seventh. Marte went 2 for 5 and extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

Reliever Matt Gage then committed an error on Corbin Carroll’s roller between the mound and first, loading the bases. and Perdomo followed with the sacrifice fly to left, giving Arizona a 3-2 edge.

With Willy Adames on second and one out in the eighth, Arraez hit his third single of the game, a soft liner to left-center. The relay from left fielder Ryan Waldschmidt to third baseman Jose Fernandez to catcher Aramis Garcia cut down Adames.

Arizona RHP Zac Gallen (3-4, 4.80 ERA) was set to face RHP George Kirby (5-4, 3.54) in Seattle on Friday night. San Francisco RHP Logan Webb (2-4, 5.06) was scheduled to come off the injured list to start at Colorado on Friday night.

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San Francisco Giants infield coach Ron Washington, top left, and manager Tony Vitello, top right, watch as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Aramis Garcia, bottom, cannot catch a ball in foul territory hit by Will Brennan during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Michael Soroka throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Kevin Ginkel, middle, reacts after picking off San Francisco Giants' Luis Arraez, bottom rear, for the final out of the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Sewald (38) and Geraldo Perdomo celebrate after a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Aramis Garcia, middle right, reacts after tagging out San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames (2) at home during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)