Seattle Mariners Win a Home Run Derby vs St. Louis Cardinals 11-9

Q: What was the final score of the Mariners vs Cardinals game on April 25, 2026?

The Seattle Mariners won the game against the St. Louis Cardinals with a final score of 11-9.

Q: Who hit the most home runs in the Mariners vs Cardinals game?

Nathan Church hit two home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals during the game.

Q: What key plays contributed to the Mariners' victory over the Cardinals?

Key plays included Julio Rodriguez's early home run and Nathan Church's two home runs, which helped the Mariners secure their win.

Q: How many home runs were hit in total during the Mariners vs Cardinals game?

A total of 8 home runs were hit during the game, with both teams contributing to the high-scoring affair.

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - APRIL 25: Nathan Church #27 of the St. Louis Cardinals rounds third base after hitting a solo home run against the Seattle Mariners in the second inning at Busch Stadium on April 25, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) | Getty Images If you ask starters Matthew Liberatore and Bryan Woo, Saturday’s Cardinals versus Mariners game did not go according to plan as both teams launched 8 home runs in total, but Seattle ended up with more runs on the scoreboard winning 11-9. The Seattle Mariners struck first when Julio Rodriguez crushed a ball into Big Mac Land after Cal Raleigh singled giving the Mariners a 2-0 lead. That lead didn’t last long as JJ Wetherholt turned on the 2nd pitch he saw and hit a no-doubt home run into the right field stands for his first-ever leadoff homer. The very next pitch would also become a souvenir, this time in the left field stands, as also went yard tying the game at 2-2. The 2nd inning was equally exciting as Garver reached on an infield single for the Mariners and he scored when hit a 2-run shot making it 4-2 Seattle. That lead was cut in half in the bottom of the 2nd inning when turned a pitch into an extra ball for the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen to play around with. The Cardinals pulled even in the bottom of the 3rd inning when lined a hard single to right field followed by doing the same. Walker would score on a bloop single by that likely should have been a double as the ball landed just barely fair and then bounced up against the netting and then falling back into the field of play. Winn thought it was a ground rule double but the ground rules said it was a live ball. Fortunately Nolan Gorman did advance to third on the play and then he scored on a sacrifice fly by Nathan Church giving the Cardinals the lead 5-4. Winn would score on a 2-run home run by who yanked a ball just to the right of the left field foul pole making it 7-4 St. Louis. Batting practice would continue into the 4th inning when (you guessed it) hit a home run to draw the Mariners closer at 7-5 which inspired manager Oli Marmol to bring in with just one out in the 4th inning. Matthew Liberatore’s line for the day was a mere 3 1/3 innings giving up 8 hits including 3 that left the yard and 5 earned runs. Graceffo was able to shut down Seattle by getting Cal Raleigh to hit into a double play. Woo was pulled after just three innings giving up 9 hits and 7 earned runs. He was replaced by Ferrer who started the Cardinals part of the 4th inning allowing a hit to JJ Wetherholt and then hit Ivan Herrera with a pitch, but Burleson, Walker and Gorman were unable to add to the Cardinals lead. Seattle would reduce the St. Louis lead to just one in the top of the 5th inning when Rodriquez reached on a bloop single. He stole second and was then moved over to third on a ground out to the right side by Naylor. brought him in on a sacrifice fly to center making it 7-6 Cardinals. The Mariners would nearly tie the game with one out in the top of the 6th inning when Garver would hit a ball off of reliever that would have cleared the left field wall if not for the heroic effort of Nathan Church who made an amazing grab. Young would hit a double high off the center field wall over and he would score on a single by Wilson tying the game 7-7. Nathan Church would untie the game in the bottom of the 7th inning when he slammed his second home run of the game after Masyn Winn singled to left giving the Cardinals a 9-7 lead. would leave the game with possible hamstring trouble after beating out an infield single after Church’s home run. got into all kinds of trouble in the 8th inning giving up singles to Young and Garver. Rivas laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to third to move both of them over. Marmol then brought in Riley O’Brien to try and slam the door on the Mariners, but instead the door flung wide open when singled them both in tying the game 9-9. O’Brien would also give up a single to Julio Rodriguez making it first and third for the Mariners, but he would get Naylor to fly out to deep right to end the top of the 8th. The bottom of the 8th inning was a strange one for . After getting hit on the top of the hand by a pitch that looked painful, he was called out trying to steal 2nd base when he somehow failed to slide, but instead awkwardly stumbled over the base. The Cardinals appealed the call, but Walker did appear to get tagged during his epic non-slide maneuver. The game would go off-the-rails for the Cardinals in the top of the 9th inning when the Mariners would load the bases on a bunt single by Crawford, a walk to Garver and a hit-by-pitch for Young. Rivas untied the game by singling off of Riley O’Brien giving Seattle an 11-9 lead. was brought in to keep the Mariners from adding to their lead. He retired Connor Joe on a lineout to right center, but then walked Raleigh to load the bases again, but he was able to strikeout Rodriguez to close out the top of the 9th inning with no further damage done. Seattle brought in their closer to finish off the Cardinals in the bottom of the 9th. After walking Nolan Gorman, he struck out Masyn Winn and got a double-play getting Nathan Church to ground out as Nolan Gorman was tagged out to end the game. The St. Louis Cardinals will try to salvage a game in the short homestand series versus the Mariners on Sunday as gets the start for St. Louis while will pitch for Seattle. First pitch scheduled for 1:15pm Sunday at Busch Stadium.