Castillo allows 1 run in 7 innings, Naylor hits 1st HR for Mariners in 3-1 win over Athletics

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Luis Castillo allowed a run in seven innings, Josh Naylor hit his first home run for the Mariners and Seattle beat the Athletics 3-1 on Monday night.

Castillo (8-6) gave up five hits and had four strikeouts. Andrés Muñoz pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 24th save.

Naylor, Cal Raleigh and Ben Williamson had two hits apiece.

Naylor, who was acquired via trade from Arizona last Thursday, hit a solo shot off Athletics starter JP Sears (7-9) to open the scoring in the second inning. The 30-year-old first baseman singled to lead off the fourth, stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error before Mitch Garver’s sacrifice fly gave the Mariners a 2-0 lead.

Williamson doubled to leadoff the fifth and scored on a single by Raleigh to make it 3-0. Raleigh, who leads MLB with 41 home runs, has 87 RBIs this season, tied with Arizona’s Eugenio Suárez for most in baseball.

Luis Urías was hit by a pitch to leadoff the sixth and later scored on a groundout by Brent Rooker. The Athletics snapped a four-game win streak.

Muñoz gave up a leadoff single to Miguel Andujar before he got Carlos Cortes, the potential tying run, to ground into a 5-6-3 double play and then struck out Max Schuemann on three pitches — all fastballs — to end the game.

Naylor became the first Mariners player in history with four stolen bases in his first four games with the club.

Mariners RHP Logan Evans (4-3, 3.64 ERA) starts Tuesday against Athletics RHP Luis Severino (4-11, 4.95).

    Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh hits a single that scores a run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, July 28, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif.