Canzone homers, Gilbert allows 3 hits and Mariners beat Red Sox 3-1
Seattle Mariners' Dominic Canzone hits a solo home run against the Boston Red Sox during the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 21, 2026, in Seattle. Credit: AP/Lindsey Wasson
SEATTLE — Dominic Canzone homered, Logan Gilbert allowed one run on three hits in 6 1/3 innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Sunday.
Gilbert (6-4) struck out eight and walked two.
The game was scoreless in the second inning when Canzone lined an opposite-field solo shot to left off Payton Tolle (3-5) for his 12th homer of the season.
The Red Sox tied the game at 1-1 in the third when Nate Eaton hit his first homer of the season into the upper deck in left field.
Cole Young delivered a key RBI single in the fifth to take a 2-1 lead. Weston Wilson lined a two-out single to left field, stole second base, and scored on Young’s ground ball that got through the infield into center.
Canzone hit a fielder's choice groundout that scored Julio Rodríguez in the sixth.
Beside the homer, Gilbert gave up an infield single to Ceddanne Rafaela in the first and a single to Caleb Durbin in the fifth.
Boston Red Sox left fielder Jarren Duran can't get to the solo home run from Seattle Mariners' Dominic Canzone during the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 21, 2026, in Seattle. Credit: AP/Lindsey Wasson
Gabe Speier, Eduard Bazardo, and Andrés Muñoz finished up for Seattle with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, with Muñoz pitching a shutout ninth for his 13th save.
Tolle gave up three runs on six hits in six innings. He struck out two and walked two.
Up next
Boston: LHP Jake Bennett (1-3, 4.79 ERA) starts at Denver against RHP Ryan Feltner (2-2, 5.05 ERA) on Monday.
Seattle: RHP George Kirby (5-7, 4.10 ERA) starts at Pittsburgh against RHP Mitch Keller (5-4, 5.25 ERA) on Tuesday.
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