Raley hits grand slam and 3-run homer as Mariners outslug Murakami and White Sox in 12-8 win

By: The Associated Press Posted: 10:00 PM CDT Friday, May. 8, 2026

CHICAGO (AP) — Luke Raley drove in a career-high seven runs with his first grand slam and a three-run homer to power the Seattle Mariners to a 12-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

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Josh Naylor also hit a three-run shot and Julio Rodríguez put Seattle ahead for good with a leadoff drive in the fifth inning.

Chicago rookie Munetaka Murakami became the first player in major league history to homer in the first game of eight straight series, smacking a solo shot off Emerson Hancock (3-1) in the first. It was Murakami’s 15th homer, tying Yankees slugger Aaron Judge for the major league lead.

Seattle Mariners' Luke Raley hits a grand slam during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, May 8, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Hall of Famer Eddie Murray homered in the opener of seven consecutive series for Baltimore in 1987.

Raley hit an 0-2 pitch from Sean Burke (2-3) for a grand slam in the third that gave the Mariners a 5-1 lead. They scored their first run when Cole Young was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the second.

Raley also homered off Tyler Davis — his eighth this season — with two on in the seventh for a 9-5 advantage. He became the first Seattle player with a grand slam and a three-run homer in the same game since Nelson Cruz at Toronto on July 23, 2016.

Rodríguez hit his sixth homer in the fifth for a 6-5 lead. Burke allowed six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Naylor homered for the fifth time this season, a three-run drive off Trevor Richards to make it 12-5 in the eighth. Naylor and Randy Arozarena both had three hits in Seattle’s highest-scoring game this season.

Colson Montgomery had a three-run double to cap a four-run third for the White Sox that tied it 5-all. Jarred Kelenic hit an RBI single and Tristan Peters doubled home a run in the eighth off Alex Hoppe.

Pinch-hitter Randal Grichuk homered off Josh Simpson in the ninth.

Hancock gave up five runs in six innings.

Brendan Donovan came off the injured list and went 1 for 5 in his first game for Seattle since April 17. Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh was 0 for 5 and is hitless in 25 at-bats dating to April 27.

Up next

Mariners RHP Luis Castillo (0-3, 6.29 ERA) starts Saturday opposite White Sox LHP Anthony Kay (1-1, 5.70).

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