Arozarena homers twice as Mariners rally past Cubs
SEATTLE (Interstat) — Randy Arozarena hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the ninth inning, as the Seattle Mariners rallied past the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026 at T-Mobile Park.
Arozarena finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs, giving him 19 homers on the season. His second homer, a two-run drive off Jacob Webb, capped a three-run ninth that erased a 4-2 deficit. He also homered in the first, and Seattle went up 2-1 in the fifth. Leo Rivas had two hits and drove in the first run of the ninth. Chicago managed seven hits, while Seattle had eight.
Chicago took its first lead with a three-run sixth, getting homers from Alex Bregman and Michael Busch plus a ground-rule double from Tyrone Taylor, who drove in Nico Hoerner. The Cubs scored once in the fifth on a sacrifice fly.
David Peterson started for Chicago and allowed two runs on four hits over six innings while striking out eight. Michael Rucker pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first win, and Webb took the loss.
Seattle improved to 62-68, while the Cubs fell to 76-56. Attendance was 45,681, and the game lasted 2:37.