Dom Canzone (hamstring) out Tuesday vs. Pirates

The 29-year-old outfielder will be away from the team for at least a few days while he tends to a family emergency. Stuart Fairchild was promoted from Triple-A Tacoma in a corresponding move to take his place on the M’s active roster.

Despite going 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run on Tuesday, Montes will sit against a left-handed pitcher. It’s not a surprise, but is good confirmation that he is going to be in a strong-side platoon role. Taylor Ward will play right field and Dominic Canzone will DH with Cal Raleigh also getting a day off.

It’s both Arozarena’s second four-hit game and second four-RBI game of the year. The homer was his 21st. This is his sixth straight 20-homer season, but this is just the third time he’s hit 21; he finished with 27 last year, 23 in 2023 and exactly 20 in 2021, ’22 and ’24. With his OBP up about 40 points from last year and 30 points from his career mark, he seems set to enter free agency coming off the best offensive season of his career.

Canzone’s 433-foot blast was the only run the Mariners were able to score on Friday as the 4-6 hitters combined to go 2-for-25 with two walks against Dylan Cease and the Jays pen. Canzone’s hitting .300/.373/.467 over his last 15 games with two homers and a stolen base, and he’s hitting left-handers well enough that Seattle has no qualms about penciling him in to a full-time role. It’s been a good season for him.

Arozarena hit two homers Saturday in the comeback victory over the Cubs — including the walk-off — and he went deep to leadoff the game for the second day in the row. That gave Seattle a 1-0 lead, and they were outscored 19-1 from that point on. Arozarena has enjoyed a very solid (probably last) season with the Mariners with 20 homers, 58 RBI and an .836 OPS.

Arozarena led off the game with a solo homer off David Peterson. He then helped Seattle starter Kade Anderson with a spectacular home run robbery in the third inning before drawing a walk. With a runner on, down by one, and two outs in the ninth inning, he bookended the game with another homer, delivering the walk-off blast off Jacob Webb. The 31-year-old outfielder is up to 19 homers, 83 runs scored, and 20 steals while slashing .275/.369/.463 across 526 plate appearances.

Robles returns to right field and hitting eighth after missing one game over the weekend with a right shoulder issue. The 29-year-old former top prospect remains irrelevant for fantasy purposes, but a prolonged absence would’ve put some serious strain on Seattle’s outfield depth, especially with Taylor Ward (quad) also banged up.

Robles was hurt trying a diving catch in the ninth inning last night. It’s possible he’ll be available off the bench. With Robles and Taylor Ward both out, the Mariners have Dominic Canzone in right field and Weston Wilson DHing tonight.

Robles was a key contributor to the Mariners comeback before closer Andrés Muñoz imploded in the 10th inning. First, his sixth inning single cut the Astros’ lead to two runs. Then, his bunt single moved Cal Raleigh to second base before he scored the tying run on a ground rule double by Alan Roden in the eighth. Then, his RBI triple in the 10th pushed across the go-ahead run and his speed put him in position to score the all important insurance run on a sac fly just after. Those were each key hits in his final three at-bats to give the Mariners all the help they should’ve needed in an incredibly important series opener versus the division-leading Astros as they desperately try to keep their playoff hopes alive.

As a team, the M’s were only able to muster seven hits and two walks off of Framber Valdez and company with Arozarena the only player in the lineup to reach base twice. The 31-year-old outfielder is having another solid season at the dish, slashing .285/.379/.456 with 14 homers, 49 RBI and 20 stolen bases.