SEATTLE (AP) Dominic Canzone hit a three-run homer and Julio RodrĆ­guez thrilled the crowd with a pair of highlight-reel catches as the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Monday night.

Canzoneā€™s big fly came in the bottom of the second inning against Guardians starter Triston McKenzie (0-1). Ty France put the Mariners on the board earlier in the inning with an RBI single, and Canzone made it 4-0 with a 411-foot home run to center field, his first of the season.

Cleveland answered with two runs in the top of the third, as RamĆ³n Laureano was hit by a pitch and Bo Naylor and Brayan Rocchio singled to load the bases. Laureano then scored on a groundout from Steven Kwan, while Naylor scored on a AndrĆ©s GimĆ©nez sacrifice fly to make it 4-2.

RodrĆ­guez made Guardiansā€™ DH Will Brennanā€™s night miserable, robbing him of an extra-base hit with a leaping grab near the center field wall in the top of the second inning, and then sliding for a catch in left-center in the fourth to bring the crowd to its feet.

After both catches, RodrĆ­guez flashed his signature ā€œNo Fly Zoneā€ sign toward his fans in the center field seats.

ā€œJulio is one of the best players in this game,ā€ said Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt, who was the Mariners bullpen coach last year. ā€œGetting to coach him last year was fun, but now itā€™s not as much fun.ā€

The Mariners scored again in the fourth when Luis UrĆ­as drew a bases loaded walk to make it 5-2.

Clevelandā€™s Tyler Freeman chased Mariners starter Emerson Hancock from the game with a solo homer in the sixth. Hancock (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and three earned runs for his first MLB win.

ā€œIt kind of felt like a debut all over again,ā€ Hancock said. ā€œJust the pregame, just the high of how excited I was to get back out there. We wanted to attack, we wanted to just kind of stay aggressive, and I mean, the defense played outstanding tonight.ā€

Josh Naylor made it a one-run game with a solo homer in the eighth off Mariners righty AndrƩs MuƱoz.

Ryne Stanek pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first save of the season.

After scuffling on offense over the weekend, the Mariners had seven hits and six walks on Monday.

ā€œNice to see our guys bounce back,ā€ Mariners manager Scott Servais said. ā€œWeā€™ve still got a ways to go offensively, but weā€™re moving in the right direction. Much better game tonight.ā€

TRAINERā€™S ROOM

Seattle: RHP Gregory Santosā€™ (lat strain) MRI looked good and he has begun a throwing program. ā€¦ RHP Matt Brash (elbow) and Eduard Bazardo (rotator cuff) are both throwing bullpen sessions this week and building toward their return. ā€¦ INF Sam Haggerty (unspecified procedure) has resumed baseball activity and will began a rehab assignment later this week. ā€¦ Bryan Woo (elbow) is playing catch and is not expected to be out long-term.

UP NEXT

Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber (1-0, 0.00 ERA) will pitch Tuesday against Seattle righty Luis Castillo (0-1, 7.20 ERA).

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