{"id":651738,"date":"2026-03-30T03:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651738\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T03:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:07:28","slug":"hancock-donovan-shine-as-seattle-mariners-rout-guardians-8-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651738\/","title":{"rendered":"Hancock, Donovan shine as Seattle Mariners rout Guardians 8-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Emerson Hancock threw six hitless innings and Brendan Donovan launched a three-run homer as the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-0 on Sunday to earn a four-game split in their season-opening series.<\/p>\n

Seattle Mariners 8, Cleveland Guardians 0: Box score<\/a><\/p>\n

Hancock (1-0), who is filling injured starter Bryce Miller\u2019s spot in the rotation, set a career high with nine strikeouts. The only baserunners the 26-year-old right-hander allowed came when he walked Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez in the first inning and hit CJ Kayfus with a fastball in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Hancock enters rare Mariners company with dazzling outing<\/a><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until Guardians rookie Chase DeLauter lined a clean single to right field leading off the seventh against reliever Cooper Criswell that Seattle\u2019s bid for a no-hitter ended. Daniel Schneemann also singled for the Guardians in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Hancock joined F\u00e9lix Hern\u00e1ndez as the only Mariners pitchers to strike out nine or more in a hitless outing of at least six innings. Hern\u00e1ndez did so when throwing a perfect game in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi (0-1) struggled to keep the Mariners\u2019 offense at bay.<\/p>\n

Leo Rivas hit an RBI single in the fourth and Donovan connected for his second homer with Seattle. Randy Arozarena added an RBI double in the fifth and Luke Raley had a run-scoring single.<\/p>\n

Cal Raleigh, the AL MVP runner-up in 2025, drove in Donovan with a ground-rule double in the sixth. Arozarena knocked in Seattle\u2019s final run in the eighth with an RBI single.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Guardians LHP Parker Messick gets the ball Monday in Los Angeles against RHP Roki Sasaki and the World Series champion Dodgers.<\/p>\n

RHP Luis Castillo starts Monday night for Seattle against LHP Ryan Weathers in the first of three home games against the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n

Seattle Sports staff made a minor addition to this post.<\/p>\n

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