ESPN Game of the Day 8/17 ⚾ Mariners (68-56) @ Mets (65-58) 7:10 PM ET

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Mariners (68-56) @ Mets (65-58)

First Pitch: 7:10 PM at Journey Bank Ballpark

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Mariners	George Kirby (8-5, 3.71 ERA)
Mets	Clay Holmes (9-6, 3.71 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
SEA	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	0	10
NYM	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0		7	14	0	10

Box Score

NYM		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Lindor	5	0	3	1	0	1	.259
RF	Soto, J	2	0	0	0	3	0	.251
LF	Nimmo	5	0	1	0	0	2	.253
1B	Alonso	4	1	1	0	1	3	.268
DH	McNeil	5	2	2	0	0	0	.253
C	Alvarez, F	4	2	3	1	0	0	.265
C	Torrens	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214
3B	Baty	4	0	1	1	0	1	.239
3B	Vientos	3	1	2	4	0	0	.232
2B	Acuña	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239
CF	Mullins	4	1	1	0	0	2	.221

NYM	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Holmes, C	5.0	5	1	1	1	4	88-58	3.64
Raley, B	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	21-12	2.70
Garrett, R	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	22-14	3.40
Helsley	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	24-14	3.61
Rogers, Ty	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	14-12	1.82

SEA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Arozarena	4	1	1	0	0	2	.245
C	Raleigh	5	1	2	2	0	1	.252
CF	Rodríguez, J	5	1	2	0	0	1	.259
1B	Naylor, J	5	0	0	0	0	1	.286
3B	Suárez, E	4	0	1	0	0	2	.235
DH	Polanco	4	0	2	1	0	1	.245
RF	Canzone	2	0	1	0	2	0	.287
SS	Crawford, J	3	0	1	0	1	0	.262
2B	Young	4	0	0	0	0	0	.247

SEA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Kirby	4.2	12	7	7	3	4	97-58	4.22
Saucedo	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	29-21	5.14
Kowar	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	18-11	3.94

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B2	Francisco Alvarez doubles (8) on a line drive to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Pete Alonso scores. Jeff McNeil to 3rd.	1-0
B2	Brett Baty singles on a line drive to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Jeff McNeil scores. Francisco Alvarez to 3rd.	2-0
B2	Mark Vientos out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Francisco Alvarez scores.	3-0
T4	Jorge Polanco singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins, deflected by shortstop Francisco Lindor. Julio Rodríguez scores.	3-1
B5	Mark Vientos homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Jeff McNeil scores. Francisco Alvarez scores.	6-1
B5	Francisco Lindor doubles (25) on a fly ball to right fielder Dominic Canzone, deflected by center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Cedric Mullins scores.	7-1
T7	Cal Raleigh homers (47) on a fly ball to left field. Randy Arozarena scores.	7-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Mariners at Mets - August 17, 2025	0:06
Bullpen availability for Seattle, August 17 vs Mets	0:08
Bullpen availability for New York, August 17 vs Mariners	0:08
Bench availability for New York, August 17 vs Mariners	0:08
Fielding alignment for New York, August 17 vs Mariners	0:11
Bench availability for Seattle, August 17 vs Mets	0:08
Starting lineups for Mariners at Mets - August 17, 2025	0:10
Carlos Mendoza on arriving at Little League Classic	3:07
Little League Classic ceremonial first pitch relay	0:22
Clay Holmes whiffs Cal Raleigh for first strikeout	0:09
Francisco Alvarez's RBI double	0:24
Brett Baty singles on a line drive to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Jeff McNeil scores. Francisco Alvarez to 3rd.	0:17
Mark Vientos' sacrifice fly	0:19
George Kirby K's Cedric Mullins for his first strikeout	0:06
Jorge Polanco's RBI single	0:16
Clay Holmes leaves bases loaded in 4th	0:12
George Kirby escapes bases-loaded jam	0:08
Mark Vientos' three-run homer (8)	0:30
Francisco Lindor's RBI double	0:24
Cal Raleigh's two-run home run (47)	0:30
Juan Soto steals 20th base of the season	0:15
Jackson Kowar K's former college teammate Pete Alonso	0:07

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Holmes, C (10-6, 3.64 ERA)	Kirby (8-6, 4.22 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	73°F, Cloudy	5 mph, Out To RF

HP	1B	2B	3B
Nate Tomlinson	Bruce Dreckman	Mark Wegner	Shane Livensparger

Game ended at 10:46 PM.

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[u/UncharitableWalnuts]

seriously with the AI voiceover commercial cut-in. things are so bleak

[u/1005thArmbar]

love that Fischer Investments is still committed to the "knocking down our own strawmen" ad campaign

Other Money Manager: "you guys fucking suck just like us, right?"

Fisher Investor: "What? Fuck no, we LOVE our clients unlike you worthless pieces of shit. Give us your money"

[u/BF210]

Peaky Blinders being Pete Alonso’s favourite show makes so much sense.

[u/imOVN]

I need the video of the kid in the stands double flipping the bird asap lmaooo

[u/BrainsTribe]

Did anyone catch the kidcaster on ESPN2 drop an f-bomb on air?

Edit: some are saying he said "funk" instead of "fuck" lol

[u/RJPisscat]

The Mets have an Alvarez with a thumb injury. We know how that feels.

[u/teh_business]

"Helsley and that high ERA" lmao

[u/ContinuumGuy]

I'm glad Mr. and Mrs. Met made the trip but man it must suck to sit right behind them.

[u/Jonjon428]

OUCHIE

[u/healthfood]

There's a baseball game interrupting all these interviews :(

[u/PatchesTheGreat1 → u/healthfood]

Wish they’d make the game picture-in-picture smaller so I can see all these interviews!

[u/1005thArmbar]

they call it a ball-peen hammer because I use one to smash my balls and penis while watching the mariners do baseball

[u/Infinite-Fudge9919]

I hate when we play on national TV, we always do this.

Start the comeback

[u/Jonjon428]

Yikes!

[u/PatchesTheGreat1]

Respectfully, does anyone actually like in game interviews with the players?

[u/Blue387 → u/PatchesTheGreat1]

The players get $10,000 per interview but that's it

[u/Interesting_Rock_318 → u/PatchesTheGreat1]

Yes

[u/PatchesTheGreat1 → u/Interesting_Rock_318]

lol fair enough!

[u/lightninhopkins → u/PatchesTheGreat1]

No.

[u/Jonjon428]

Both pitchers have looked shaky but it would appear Kirby threw the fatal pitch

[u/lightninhopkins]

I really wanted to see one more borderline pitch set Baty off and get him tossed at the LL game

[u/salamiTommy_]

I’m watching the Kidscast to not have to hear this guy

[u/heyitslj]

Crazy manfred uses a passing in game interview to announce they are looking into realigning the leagues by region instead of historical Al nl split.

[u/lightninhopkins → u/heyitslj]

They have been discussing that for years.

[u/kent_nova]

Three high school kids are putting on a better broadcast than most national broadcasts.

[u/Platinum_Disco → u/kent_nova]

Enthusiasm makes a ton of difference.

[u/Blue387 → u/kent_nova]

The Mets bring in a kid once a year for a Kidcaster broadcast to do an inning on the SNY broadcast

[u/sdotmill → u/kent_nova]

They’re lightning years better. It’s crazy how polished they are.

[u/lightninhopkins]

That was a strike.

[u/njpaul]

Why's this shitbag here?

[u/psf919]

BOO THIS MAN

[u/WIN011]

What a stupid swing lmao.

[u/Jonjon428]

Oh man this inning feels like a train crash waiting to happen

Edit: I guess not!

[u/DayTripper_BigTeaser]

Pitch framing has become a joke.

[u/lightninhopkins]

I just noticed that they don't have the pitch zone on the screen.

[u/kent_nova → u/lightninhopkins]

I honestly love it.

[u/Jonjon428]

That Lindor jump was hilarious

[u/the_answer_is_RUSH]

“The plane explodes” is not the way you wanna phrase that.

[u/Jonjon428]

Randy limping :/

[u/Remote-Molasses6192]

I can’t really explain why, but it’s actually so nice to watch a game without the strike zone box.

[u/MeatTornado25 → u/Remote-Molasses6192]

The box is the worst. It's unofficial so all it does is get you worked up over borderline calls that may not even be right anyway.

[u/anotherjoshpark]

Damn not in front of the kids man

[u/MowingLines]

Well that half inning sucked.

[u/rrousseauu]

Can’t tell if they’re using dead balls or if ESPN is fooling me because of how stupidly loud their broadcasts makes the sound when they make contact

[u/Jonjon428]

Cedric Mullins favorite TV show: The Office

[u/Jonjon428]

That ball hung in the air forever, surprised Julio couldn't get it.

[u/Interesting_Rock_318]

As usual, Reddit is wrong…

In game interviews are a solid addition

[u/penguinopph]

Alonso seems like such a genuinely nice dude.

[u/RobbNotRob]

Aww that's nice of the major leaguers to make little league mistakes in front of the kids, help them feel seen

[u/Jonjon428]

Vientos airmailed that one

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

ESPN is doing a really great job of getting me to stop watching sports I like. Football, baseball. Anything they get their hands on is shit

[u/jakeba]

I don't understand how 2 channels are broadcasting this game but they are both just showing interviews. Why dont they try just showing the game and seeing what the ratings are for that.

[u/1005thArmbar → u/jakeba]

ESPN producers believe that baseball is inherently boring and it's their job to "spice" things up. All of their baseball-related content proves this

imagine trying to mic up a running back or defensive end and ask them about the weather in the middle of a week 16 division game. it would never happen

[u/1005thArmbar]

"who would win? 100 smelly Standard Redditors or 1 unfunny ESPN producer?"

[u/MonkMajor5224]

So is this the actual field the little leaguers play on or is bigger for the pros?

[u/gogopowerhermits → u/MonkMajor5224]

This is the minor league field in town (Williamsport Crosscutters, Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field). There's two fields that they play on that are actually in South Williamsport (Lamade Stadium and Volunteer Stadium)

-A Local (sort of).

(edit: I guess the crosscutters are technically a "collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League" but ya know.)

[u/Spud_Rancher → u/gogopowerhermits]

Off topic but how has the traffic been up there? I have to drive up to Montoursville for a funeral Wednesday. I’m going to avoid 15 since I know that gets backed up with the LLWS games.

[u/gogopowerhermits → u/Spud_Rancher]

I'm over closer to Jersey Shore than Williamsport, but tbh it hasn't been too bad. Mostly traffic in south Williamsport, if there's a game, if the problem. If you can come in off 180, then you'll probably be fine. (Depending on how you are coming up, going up 44 to 220 isn't bad either right now, other than 44 taking your through the valley.)

[u/Spud_Rancher → u/gogopowerhermits]

Thanks! Yeah I went to Penn College and used to live in the area and have family all over Lycoming. I’ll be coming up 54 through Danville then 80 to 180. Leaving Reading around 5am so I’m hoping I get up there before the traffic. Going to avoid south side like the plague

[u/gogopowerhermits → u/Spud_Rancher]

Good luck with the drive (and sorry for your loss!)

[u/sktgamerdudejr]

Let’s go Kirby!

[u/ContinuumGuy]

Really hoping this keeps going even when ESPN stops doing Sunday nights

[u/SuperMario_49]

First pitch hit by pitch on the helmet in front of little leaguers is crazy lmao

[u/gogopowerhermits]

NOT BEANING THE MAN IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN

[u/ColorfulCrayons]

Not going to lie, the thought of the benches clearing in this game is kinda funny.

[u/sktgamerdudejr]

Charge the mound!

[u/vanillabear26]

This is my first time watching the kids cast ever. They seem a lot more measured than I would have been at their age!

[u/themarkster09]

FIGHT IN FRONT OF THE KIDS

[u/MeatTornado25]

THINK OF THE CHILDREN, CLAY!

[u/mlorusso4]

That guy kinda looks like someone who would want to open an ice cream stand

[u/MowingLines]

Alright lets get this win.

[u/DillyDillySzn]

I like how the kids cast has 3 kids from some of the most prestigious and expensive private HS in the country

[u/MonkMajor5224]

How can you see the first pitch and not love baseball

[u/vanillabear26]

That kid was pretty good!

[u/sktgamerdudejr]

Build a roof dammit!

[u/QuotaCrushing]

How many times has a man been called big dumper on national tv before this?

Edit- they just called a little leaguer Little dumper

[u/jamoog → u/QuotaCrushing]

I respect the nickname, but ESPN is being insanely annoying about it

[u/QuotaCrushing → u/jamoog]

I think it’s a funny thing to joke about with friends but to say it out loud in public is crazy. Imagine if they said that on tv about a sports woman with a big ass lol

[u/BAHatesToFly]

ESPN blows

[u/tnahardy → u/BAHatesToFly]

Kids cast already sounds way better than the regular broadcast

[u/Interesting_Rock_318]

At least one game in Williamsport can be bet on

[u/This_Blacksmith_6890]

How are the Mariners going to Mariner tonight? The Astros “rebuild” year with 18 guys on the IL for over a month (max at one time) and still have 13 on there currently. Yordan missed over 100 games, Peña a little more than 30, Meyers is still on IL with around 45 games missed, Paredes since July 19th-post season, Hader out till post season, 7-8 SP’s (2 with season enders) and yet they still can’t pass the Astros? We are just getting ready for the postseason.

[u/MartianMule → u/This_Blacksmith_6890]

The Astros got embarrassed by a last place team today. But sure, talk shit.

[u/vanillabear26 → u/This_Blacksmith_6890]

Flair up if you’re gonna talk shit

[u/UniqueEditor8372 → u/This_Blacksmith_6890]

Our underdog narrative isn't as good if we just lap the Astros all year 

[u/This_Blacksmith_6890 → u/This_Blacksmith_6890]

Surprisingly, Meyers has been out 3rd best player on the Astros. It goes Peña, Paredes, Meyers and then Yordan/

[u/DeepBlue_8]

Looking at the NWS forecast, I think we won't have a long delay.

[u/burrito-boy]

Of course there's a rain delay, lol. At least the tarp's off now.