North Allegheny grad Cole Young delivers walk-off RBI in MLB debut with Seattle

SEATTLE — Cole Young hit a fielder’s choice in the 11th inning in his major league debut for his first RBI, giving the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

Promoted from Triple-A Tacoma prior to the game, the North Allegheny graduate hit a dribbler up the first-base line off Cole Sands (3-2) to plate Miles Mastrobuoni. The throw from first baseman Ty France was not in time.

Young singled in the ninth inning for his first major league hit and went 1 for 4.

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hit 22nd home run of the year in the third to tie the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead.

For the second straight game, the Mariners blew a lead in the ninth inning. Trevor Larnach singled to tie it for Minnesota, with Byron Buxton scoring after reaching base on reliever Carlos Vargas’ fielding error.

The Mariners took their first lead of the night on J.P. Crawford’s two-run home run in the seventh inning.

The Twins took a three-run lead in the second inning when Matt Wallner hit a two-run home run in his first game back from the injured list, and Buxton added a two-out RBI single.

But a strong showing from the Mariners’ bullpen kept Minnesota’s bats mostly at bay. Collin Snider (2-1) tossed scoreless innings in the 10th and the 11th.

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