Rookie Kade Anderson picks up first win with 6 sharp innings as Mariners beat Rangers 3-2

SEATTLE (AP) — Rookie Kade Anderson picked up his first major league victory with six sharp innings, and Cole Young hit a two-run double as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday.

Making his fourth big league start, the 22-year-old Anderson (1-1) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one in an efficient 81-pitch outing. He allowed a homer to Jake Burger leading off the second.

The third overall pick in the 2025 amateur draft, Anderson debuted on Aug. 22, allowing three runs in 5 2/3 innings against the visiting Chicago Cubs. He took his first loss last Thursday against the Athletics.

Seranthony Dominguez relieved Anderson in the seventh. Gabe Speier allowed Corey Seager's homer in the eighth, and Andrés Muñoz worked the ninth for his 26th save.

Texas (72-74) failed to gain ground on Cleveland in the AL wild-card race and AL West-leading Houston, with both teams playing later Wednesday.

After Burger hit his team-leading 26th homer for the Rangers, Seattle tied it in the bottom of the second. Cal Raleigh walked when a called third strike and later scored on Taylor Ward’s single to right.

Young’s double to the right-field corner in the fourth made it 3-1.

Seager and Brandon Nimmo each had two hits for the Rangers. No Seattle player had more than one.

Seattle will send right-hander Logan Gilbert (11-9, 3.71 ERA) to the mound as the three-game series concludes on Thursday. Texas will start right-hander Jacob deGrom (10-9, 3.96).

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Texas Rangers Cody Freeman gets a hit off Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Kade Anderson during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Mariners Lazaro Montes takes off from home after hitting a double off Texas Rangers relief pitcher Trevor Williams during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Mariners Lazaro Montes follows through on a double as Texas Rangers catcher Elias Díaz looks on during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Kade Anderson, left, looks on as Texas Rangers Jake Burger (21) rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Kade Anderson throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman spoke to the Republican midterm convention via video Wednesday, an extraordinary escalation of the growing rupture between the Pennsylvanian and his party.

Fetterman spoke for just over one minute in a recorded video introducing his fellow Pennsylvania senator, Republican Dave McCormick, whom Fetterman called “a great American.”

He didn't criticize anyone by name but suggested Democrats are extremists, underscoring the message that Republicans are trying to drive home during their two-day rally in Dallas. The convention is meant to fire up the conservative base ahead of midterm elections, when the president's party has historically lost seats.

“I’m always going to stand with America,” Fetterman said. “I’m always going to reject the extremes and socialism and that anti-American way of life.”

Standing in front of a steel mill, Fetterman said he “will work with President Trump to fight and defend the steel way of life.”

Fetterman’s decision is certain to stoke fears, already simmering among Democrats, that he will switch parties. Democrats need to pick up four GOP-held Senate seats in November to regain the majority. If Fetterman were to join the Republican Party, Democrats would need to pick up another seat to have control of the chamber.

Fetterman said in a statement later Wednesday that he will not switch parties. He said his remarks were to introduce “a great American and friend," adding, “We are in different parties, but we are both Team PA."

“I’m a lifelong Democrat who votes overwhelmingly with my party — and should the Senate flip in November, I will still be the 51st vote that I ran on," Fetterman said.

Fetterman has grown increasingly isolated from his party as he maintains staunch support of Israel’s war in Gaza and criticizes left-wing candidates who are members of the Democratic Socialists of America. He’s often gone his own way in the Senate, voting with Republicans to end last year's shutdown, supporting several of President Donald Trump's nominees and opposing efforts to end the war in Iran.

He has repeatedly said he wouldn’t switch parties because of his support for labor unions, LGBTQ rights and other issues held dear by the left.

Even if he remains a Democrat, he would hold outsized power in his caucus if Democrats secure a narrow 51-49 majority that requires them to stick together unanimously to exercise their power.

“How great is John Fetterman?” McCormick said when the video wrapped up. “Thank you, Senator Fetterman, for your friendship. Thank you for your courage. And thank you for all you do for Pennsylvania.”

Right after Fetterman's video finished, it was shared on a White House social media account with the caption “Based John Fetterman.”

A video featuring Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., plays at the Republican convention Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A video featuring Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., plays at the Republican convention Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)