Homer-happy Seattle Mariners hammer Mets for 8th straight win

Not very often will Patrick Wisdom and Jhonny Pereda be the names making the most significant contributions toward a victory.

But when the Mariners are on a win streak like their current surge, it can often yield help from some unplanned sources.

We talk a lot about guys having opportunities and stepping into opportunities, and Jhonny and [Wisdom] did that today," M's manager Dan Wilson said. "When you have guys doing that, that's what good teams do."

Wisdom clocked a two-run homer early, Pereda broke the game open with a two-out, three-run shot in the fifth, leading the Mariners to an 8-3 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night before 28,329 at T-Mobile Park.

The eighth-straight win for the M's extended the longest current win streak in baseball and will give them a chance at a third straight series sweep in Wednesday's finale against the Mets.

"You can't ever let your guard down and think everything's perfect. We're playing really well and got to do everything we can to keep it going," said M's starter Logan Gilbert, who got the victory on Tuesday. "But I think just both sides of the ball, everybody's doing their job."

The M's home-run barrage continued and was capped by Julio Rodríguez hitting his 13th of the season leading off the sixth inning to tie Luke Raley for the team lead.

Rodríguez's homer was the 15th long ball by the Mariners in the first five games of the homestand. According to the Stathead database, it's the most homers hit by the M's at home in any five-game span since the opening of T-Mobile Park in 1999.

Maybe barrage is an understatement?

To be fair, the M's did score one run traditionally. Rodríguez's sacrifice fly in the fourth inning gave the M's a 4-2 lead. But in keeping with the unconventional nature of how they've scored during this streak, the third run came when New York's Marcus Semien and Mark Vientos committed errors on consecutive plays, allowing Randy Arozarena to score.

But it was again homers at the crux of what the M's produced at the plate and Wisdom got it started.

"On the big stage right here, it's pretty cool, pretty special," Wisdom said.

Wisdom was only in the lineup because Josh Naylor got the day off after leaving Monday's victory with back spasms following his game-tying home run. And he delivered with a 429-foot shot out to left-center field for his first homer in the majors since Sept. 21, 2024, while still with the Cubs.

In the time between, Wisdom went and played overseas in Korea for the Kia Tigers and hit 35 homers last season. He hit another 12 homers during his time in Triple-A Tacoma so far this season, which was interrupted by an oblique strain suffered in April immediately after he'd been call up by the M's for the first time.

"It's not a fun injury to have, especially as a hitter," Wisdom said. "But I think it was kind of a good way to slow everything down again. Just kind of get back to the basics, get with the training staff and the strength staff about body stuff, and kind of honing in on that, refining my pregame process and routine."

Wisdom has minor-league options remaining, but will be an interesting situation to consider when the M's roster returns to full health.

So will Pereda.

The 30-year-old, who also holds options, has more than acquitted himself while splitting time with Mitch Garver during the stretch with Cal Raleigh on the injured list. And the at-bat that concluded with the home run might be his best of the season.

Pereda took a foul ball off an uncomfortable area in the top of the fifth inning and needed several moments and a few pats on the back to catch his breath. A few minutes later, he was at the plate and fouled off five straight pitches from Jonah Tong to stay in the at-bat. After watching a pitch in the dirt, Pereda dropped the barrel on a cutter and lined it into the bullpens in left field to give the M's a 7-2 lead.

"That was pretty tough. That's part of being a catcher. It's not the first time and not going to be the last time," Pereda said of the foul ball that caught him.

Somewhat lost in the deluge of runs and homers was a mostly solid performance from Gilbert. He struggled mightily with Mets leadoff hitter Carson Benge, but the rest of the New York lineup was quieted by Gilbert. He pitched into the sixth inning and allowed three runs on four hits and struck out eight.

Benge ended up responsible for all the Mets offense off Gilbert. It started with a 10-pitch at-bat that Gilbert won with a strikeout to start the game, but Benge rebounded to homer twice - a two-run shot in the third and a solo homer in the sixth.

And when Gilbert gave way to the bullpen, the combo of Eduard Bazardo and Cooper Criswell closed out the final 3 2/3 innings and allowed only one hit. They were helped by a pair of defensive gems from Colt Emerson, including a sliding grab in foul territory for the final out.

Emerson also doubled and added a bunt single at the plate, for good measure.

"He's an all-around player and it just was on display tonight, for sure, Wilson said.

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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM.