SEATTLE — The Mariners will try to stretch their winning streak to eight games Tuesday when they host the Mets in the penultimate game of their homestand, with Logan Gilbert on the mound and a series win over New York in reach. Seattle has won seven straight entering the game, and three of those victories came in extra innings.
That run has pushed the Mariners back to 4-4 in extra-inning games this season, and in each of their three extra-inning wins during the streak, they held the opponent scoreless in the top of the 10th before finishing the job at the plate in the bottom half. Now they are trying to carry that form into a matchup that matters beyond one night: after the Mets series, Seattle heads out on its longest road trip of the season so far.
Gilbert has given the Mariners exactly what they needed over his last two starts. He has covered 11.2 innings, allowed no runs and yielded only seven hits, a stretch that has steadied a rotation that now has to carry the club through the last stop of the homestand. The Mets, meanwhile, are turning to an opener for the second night in a row. Huascar Brazobán is expected to begin the game before handing it to Jonah Tong, giving New York a right-handed start-to-finish look against Seattle’s lineup.
The Mariners will have one familiar absence to manage. Josh Naylor is out of the lineup for an extra day of rest after leaving Monday’s game with back spasms moments after hitting a game-tying homer, though manager Dan Wilson said he could still be available off the bench. Cal Raleigh was working to all bases and throwing with full effort on Tuesday as he continued to come back from a right oblique strain, a sign that Seattle is still balancing the immediate push for wins with the state of several key bats.
That is the friction inside a game that could shape the rest of the week. The Mariners are not just chasing an eighth straight win against the Mets; they are trying to do it while managing injuries, protecting a lead in the series and carrying momentum into a road trip that will test how real this run is. The next answer comes quickly, and it arrives with Gilbert on the mound and New York using another opener.
