Rodríguez and Emerson hit HRs, Woo pitches 7 scoreless innings as Mariners beat Tigers 4-2

SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez and Colt Emerson hit home runs, Bryan Woo pitched seven scoreless innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Wednesday night.

Woo (8-8) allowed three hits, walked one and had five strikeouts. Over his last seven home starts dating to May 6, Woo is 6-0 with just four earned runs in 45 1/3 innings.

Andrés Muñoz pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out two to earn his 20th save this season.

Rodríguez went 2 for 3 with a walk. Brenan Hanifee replaced Tyler Holton with two outs in the seventh, Randy Arozarena doubled and Dominic Canzone was intentionally walked. Rodríguez hit the next pitch, a 97.3 mph sinker, 366 feet over the wall in right field to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead.

Hanifee (0-1) did not record an out.

Woo hit three batters before Enmanuel De Jesus plunked Cal Raleigh in the bottom of the seventh. Gabe Speier relieved Woo to begin the eighth, struck out Hao-Yu Lee and got Kevin McGonigle to fly out, then hit Gleyber Torres with a 96.3 mph fastball and the benches cleared. Speier and Mariners manager Dan Wilson were ejected.

Eduard Bazardo replaced Speier and Dillon Dingler followed with a 424-foot shot to center that made it 3-2. Dingler also homered in Detroit’s 8-0 win over the Mariners on Tuesday.

Emerson capped the scoring with a solo shot in the eighth.

Josh Naylor went 0 for 3 and had reached base safely in 25 consecutive games, the longest active on-base streak in the majors.

Detroit opener Drew Anderson allowed three hits in 3 1/3 innings.

Tigers LHP Framber Valdez (6-7, 4.41 ERA) starts Thursday opposite RHP Bryce Miller (4-5, 2.80) to conclude the three-game series.

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Detroit Tigers' Gleyber Torres is hit by a pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin Ng)

First base umpire Mark Wegner ejects Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin Ng)

Detroit Tigers' Gleyber Torres (25) exchanges words with Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) after being hit by a pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin Ng)

Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodríguez celebrates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin Ng)

Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo (22) reacts after the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin Ng)

MEGARA, Greece (AP) — Sasa, an alert and floppy-eared mixed-breed puppy, did not return home when the remaining containment lines were lifted Wednesday in the wake of a wildfire that swept across mountains and coastal areas near Athens.

The pup was one of hundreds of pets and wild animals rescued by volunteers this week during the blaze, which prompted multiple evacuations.

The fire — at one point burning on five fronts — torched dozens of homes and more than 100 square kilometers (39 square miles) of land. It was the latest scene of destruction during Europe’s searing summer, where massive fires — including in countries accustomed to cooler summers — have worried animal welfare groups.

In the town of Megara, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Athens, rescue organizer Elena Dede said the local volunteer effort saved more than 280 animals, mostly dogs, during scorching heat and high winds.

Sasa and others were housed on an indoor sports court inside a collapsible wire cage with a rubber ball to play with and a metal water bowl.

“There was so much heat and the fire was so aggressive. It was changing directions all the time,” Dede said.

Richard Parr, director of the U.K.-based Center for Wild Animal Welfare, described these animal rescue efforts by firefighters and local charities as “heroic” but argued that hotter summers are increasing the risk facing millions of animals.

“At the moment, all too often, it is ad hoc, and it falls on the shoulders of private individuals, small charities,” he said. “The scale of the challenges they’re facing in terms of the number of animals affected and the areas of fire is gigantic and completely out of step.”

The organization is campaigning for a dedicated European Union animal rescue service and funding to address the problem.

“There’s just a massive mismatch between the huge scale of this problem and the resources and the capacity that are available to respond to it,” Parr said.

He also urged governments to consider setting up “fire refuges” for animals, such as ponds and rock piles that could offer shelter.

In Greece, the blaze has left rescuers with a logistical headache: where to return displaced animals like Sasa. Dede said local authorities were helping match missing-animal notices with rescued animals and find temporary homes until the process was completed.

However, she said she was mindful that the dogs at the stadium were among the fortunate.

“It was really hard for every volunteer and every person involved to survive the smoke and the stress,” she said.

“I will never forget the animals that we knew were left behind. I’m just hoping they were saved and ran free."

Petros Giannakouris in Megara, Greece contributed.

A volunteer holds the paw of a dog rescued from wildfires at a temporary shelter inside a stadium in Megara, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A volunteer tends to dogs rescued from recent wildfires at a temporary shelter inside a stadium in Megara, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A dog rescued from recent wildfires rests in a crate at a temporary animal shelter inside a stadium in Megara, west of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A volunteer tends to a dog rescued from recent wildfires at a temporary shelter inside a stadium in Megara, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A volunteer tends to a dog rescued from recent wildfires at a temporary shelter inside a stadium in Megara, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A dogs rescued from recent wildfires looks on at a temporary shelter inside a stadium in Megara, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)