Mariners win 7-3 behind big day from Luke Raley

TEMPE, ARIZONA - MARCH 14: Luke Raley #20 of the Seattle Mariners runs back to first base during the Spring Training game against the Los Angeles Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium on March 14, 2026 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) | Getty Images Emerson Hancock had 70ish pitches to work with today and made them last for 3.

2 innings – not as efficient as one would hope. He had to dance around some trouble right away, loading the bases in the first on three singles, but was able to work out of the trouble by striking out Reese McGuire, who chased after a high-and-away fastball at 96. 5 mph, and getting Brock Wilken to ground into a forceout.

Brendan Donovan gave Hancock a little breathing room in the bottom of the inning with his first homer of the spring, ambushing a first-pitch fastball, poorly located, from Brewers starter Carlos Rodriguez: Brendan GONE-OVAN! pic. twitter.

com/NL3VGcWraC — Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) March 18, 2026 But Hancock gave that run right back in the second, giving up a hard-hit single followed by a double; the runner then scored on a sacrifice fly. Hancock’s velocity was slowly climbing in the inning, working up from 94 to 95 to 96 on both his four-seamer and sinker, and he polished off the inning by dismantling Brandon Lockridge on four pitches: three straight sweepers before getting him swinging after a four-seamer away. The Mariners built a lead in the bottom of the third thanks to a Luke Raley three-run homer that scored Brendan Donovan, who had walked, and Josh Naylor, who had singled, although some of the credit for Raley’s blast belongs to Naylor, who was an absolute pest at first base, urging Donovan into a double steal and just generally wreaking havoc with the pitcher.