Mariners Beat White Sox 6-1 as Colt Emerson Belts 1st MLB Homer

14 articles · Updated · ESPN · May 19

Seattle snapped a three-game skid behind Colt Emerson’s three-run homer in the eighth — his first major league hit in just his second game.
Bryan Woo drove the win with six scoreless innings, allowing three hits, striking out eight and retiring his final 11 batters.
Julio Rodríguez’s eighth homer put Seattle ahead in the first, and Randy Arozarena and Josh Naylor added run-scoring hits before Emerson stretched the lead to 6-1.
Chicago’s only run came on Tristan Peters’ seventh-inning solo homer, while manager Wil Venable was ejected after a disputed obstruction call awarded Seattle a run in the third.
Emerson, 20, was called up over the weekend after signing an eight-year, $95 million deal, the largest for a minor leaguer without big league experience.

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