Mariners' Castillo Reaches Milestone in Yankees Win

0:00On March 31st, the Seattle Mariners are fired up for payback after coming so close last year, dropping game 7 of the AL Championship series to the Toronto Blue Jays. Now they're chasing that postseason return, starting strong in their 3-game series against the New York Yankees. Veteran pitcher Louis Castillo dominated the opener, tossing six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. Theal hit a huge personal milestone on that last K, fanning AL MVP Aaron Judge, with a nasty inside breaking ball in the 6th. At 92 pitches, it was his 1500th career strikeout, putting him in elite company. Only 234 pitchers in MLB history have reached that mark, and Castillo made it look easy, allowing just two hits and two walks in. His season debut. The games stay tight, one nothing Mariners after Randy Eroserina's RBI in the second, until Ben Rice tied it in the 7th. But Seattle pulled through in the bottom of the 9th. Catcher Cal Raleigh shook off his early slump with a walkoff hit to beat the Yankees, boosting the Mariners to three wins and two losses on the young.

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