Seattle Mariners at New York Mets

· Little League Classic

Seattle Mariners

68-57, 31-32 Away

Final
3 - 7

New York Mets

66-58, 41-24 Home

Mark Vientos' three-run homer delights kids, leads Mets to 7-3 win over Mariners

Francisco Alvarez jams thumb sliding into 2nd

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh boosted his major league home run lead with his 47th of the season in the seventh.

Little Leaguers from around the world made up the bulk of the crowd at the 2,366-seat Historic Bowman Field and some of them got to pinch-hit in a variety of roles. There were kids in the broadcast booth, playing DJ, and even public address announcer. That is, when they weren’t belting out the SpongeBob lyrics or angling for selfies with Mariner Moose or Mr. Met.

For the big leaguers, the annual game is a throwback of sorts to their own youth baseball days. Mets pitcher Sean Manaea traded pins. Raleigh's chest protector featured a baseball card design of teammates and coaches from when they were kids. And yes, managers for both teams held their breath as players went cardboard sledding at Lamade Stadium.

The game went downhill early for the Mariners.

Vientos hit a sacrifice fly off Mariners starter George Kirby (8-6) in a three-run second inning. Vientos hit his eighth homer of the year in the fifth to make it 6-1. Francisco Lindor added an RBI double later in the inning.

The game put the Little League in Little League Classic when Lindor mistimed a leap on a catchable ball that led to a Mariners run in the fourth and Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez misplayed Lindor's double and let the ball drop on the warning track.

Clay Holmes (10-6) allowed one run in five innings for the win.

Key moment Perhaps it came off the field.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said during the ESPN telecast that baseball would consider expansion that could potentially geographically realign teams for easier travel and potentially make for more viewer-friendly TV times in the postseason.

Key stat The Mets failed to blow a lead for just the second time in the last nine games.

Up next The Mets are off Monday before they start a three-game series at Washington.

The Mariners head to Philadelphia on Monday for the start of a three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Naylor grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rodríguez singled to right, Raleigh to third.
	9th Inning	Raleigh singled to left.
	9th Inning	Arozarena popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Young fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Rogers relieved Helsley

Statistics

SEA		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
18	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
169	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	21
40	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
5.1	Runs Created	8.7
.278	Batting Average	.389
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.583
.222	Secondary Average	.306
.350	On Base Percentage	.439
.767	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.022
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.8
29.0	Batter Rating	54.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.139	Isolated Power	.194
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.083
6.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
82.5	MLB Rating	101.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0