SEATTLE (Interstat) — Jhonny Pereda hit his first major league home run and Randy Arozarena also went deep, lifting the Seattle Mariners to a 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon at T-Mobile Park.

Seattle trailed 2-1 before scoring three runs in the seventh. Arozarena crushed a two-run homer to left-center, then Pereda sent a hanging breaking ball into the bullpen for a 392-foot shot. The backup catcher, recalled when Cal Raleigh went on the injured list, had gone 136 at-bats without a homer.

Chicago scored single runs in the third, fifth, eighth and ninth innings but stranded the tying run. Andrew Benintendi and Munetaka Murakami each drove in a run. Randal Grichuk homered as a pinch-hitter.

Emerson Hancock started for Seattle, allowing two earned runs on five hits over five innings with four strikeouts. Matt Brash (3-0) earned the win with a scoreless seventh. Jose A. Ferrer notched his third save. Sean Newcomb (0-1) took the loss.

The White Sox outhit the Mariners 11-7 but left nine runners on base. Attendance was 24,492. The game lasted 2:43.