Jhonny Pereda hits 1st MLB home run as Mariners beat White Sox 5-4 to
win 3-game series
[May 21, 2026]
By ANDREW DESTIN
SEATTLE (AP) — Jhonny Pereda hit his first MLB homer,
Randy Arozarena also went deep and scored three runs, and the Seattle
Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Wednesday.
Pereda, who was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma last week
when AL MVP runner-up Cal Raleigh was placed on the 10-day injured list
with a right oblique strain, turned on a hanging breaking ball from
White Sox lefty Sean Newcomb (0-1) in the seventh inning for a 392-foot
homer into Seattle’s bullpen. The backup catcher went 136 at-bats before
hitting his first big league homer. |
Seattle Mariners' Jhonny Pereda jogs the bases after hitting a solo home
run against the Chicago White Sox during the seventh inning of a
baseball game, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey
Wasson) |
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Pereda made a stand out play in the field, too, tagging Chase
Meidroth in a rundown in the sixth after the Chicago second
baseman took too big of a lead off third base. Pereda made a
strong throw to third base trying to pick off the runner while
Cooper Criswell (2-1) was pitching.
Randy Arozarena, who scored two runs earlier in the game, put
Seattle up for good with a two-run homer in the seventh off
Jordan Hicks. The homer was Arozarena’s fifth of the season, and
gave the Mariners a three-run lead.
Chicago never led, but twice evened the score on RBI singles off
Mariners starter Emerson Hancock, who increased his run of
starts with at least five innings pitched to 10 games. Andrew
Benintendi delivered a two-out RBI single in the third, and
Munetaka Murakami added another in the fifth.
The White Sox closed within a run in the ninth as Randal Grichuk
led off the inning with his fourth homer of the season. But,
that was as close as Chicago got before Jose A. Ferrer earned
his third save.
Up next
Mariners RHP Logan Gilbert (2-4, 4.45 ERA) starts Friday night
against Kansas City LHP Noah Cameron (2-3, 5.40).
White Sox RHP Davis Martin (6-1, 1.61 ERA) will start opposite
Giants RHP Trevor McDonald (2-0, 2.37) in San Francisco on
Friday night.
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