SPORTS 6-24-25

Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 32nd home run on Monday, one of four by the Seattle Mariners in their 11-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Raleigh hit a two-run shot to left in the ninth inning off reliever Joey Wentz.

Julio Rodríguez and Luke Raley homered as part of a six-run third inning for Seattle. Dominic Canzone, who homered twice on Sunday, went deep again for the Mariners, while Bryan Woo (7-4) gave up two runs and struck out nine to win his second straight start.

Brooks Lee, Trevor Larnach and Carlos Correa each had two hits.

Larnach and Correa hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning for Minnesota, which has lost 14 of its last 17.

The second game of the series features a matchup of veteran right-handers as Seattle’s Luis Castillo (4-5, 3.38) faces Chris Paddack (3-6, 4.48) for the Twins.

Tune in at 6 pm for the pregame and 1st pitch at 6:40 pm on KWNG & WPVW!

The Athletic’s Dan Hayes reports the Twins have picked up manager Rocco Baldelli’s club option for 2026.

Hayes adds that its unclear when the club exercised the option, but if there were any questions regarding Baldelli’s immediate job security, it doesn’t appear that he’s going anywhere for now.

The Twins have underachieved this season during Baldelli’s seventh season at the helm, however, they’re just a couple games out of a Wild Card spot leading up to the All-Star break.

The Minnesota Frost may have lost some key players in the PWHL's expansion draft, but they'll add a few more before they attempt to defend their back-to-back Walter Cup titles.

The PWHL Draft is taking place tonight, and the Frost are hosting a watch party at Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub, just blocks from their home rink in downtown St. Paul.

Nick Gonzales went 5 for 5 with two RBI, Isiah Kiner-Falefa tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Milwaukee 5-4 on Monday night to snap the Brewers’ four-game winning streak.

Tommy Pham hit a one-out single off Nick Mears (1-1) and scored when Kiner-Falefa sent a line drive into the right-field corner. Pham also hit his first homer of the season, a two-run shot off Chad Patrick in the fourth.

Kiner-Falefa’s big hit came after Milwaukee slugger Christian Yelich tied the game in the fifth by connecting on a 3-0 pitch from Chase Shugart (4-3) for a two-run homer that stayed just inside the right-field foul pole.

Yelich has batted .402 (41 for 102) with eight homers and 30 RBI over his last 26 games. He is 16 for 30 with 14 RBI in his past seven games. 

Left-hander Andrew Heaney (3-6, 3.94 ERA) starts for Pittsburgh and right-hander Freddy Peralta (7-4, 2.76) pitches for Milwaukee on Tuesday night.