Hancock tosses 6 no-hit innings, Mariners beat Guardians 8-0

SEATTLE — Emerson Hancock threw six hitless innings and Brendan Donovan launched a three-run homer as the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-0 on Sunday to earn a four-game split in their season-opening series. Hancock (1-0), who won a spot in the Mariners' rotation in large part because of an injury to Bryce Miller, set a career high with nine strikeouts. The only baserunners the 26-year-old right-hander allowed came when he walked José Ramírez in the first inning and hit CJ Kayfus with a fastball in the sixth. Guardians rookie Chase DeLauter lined a clean single to right field leading off the seventh against reliever Cooper Criswell, ending Seattle's bid for a combined no-hitter. Daniel Schneemann also singled in the eighth off Criswell, who finished the two-hitter for his second major league save. Hancock joined Félix Hernández as the only Mariners pitchers to strike out nine or more in a hitless outing of at least six innings. Hernández did so when throwing a perfect game in 2012. Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi (0-1) struggled to keep the Mariners' offense at bay. Leo Rivas hit a RBI single in the fourth and Donovan connected for his second homer with Seattle. Randy Arozarena added a RBI double in the fifth and Luke Raley had a run-scoring single. Cal Raleigh, the AL MVP runner-up in 2025, drove in Donovan with a ground-rule double in the sixth. Arozarena knocked in Seattle's final run in the eighth with a RBI single. Up next Guardians LHP Parker Messick gets the ball Monday in Los Angeles against RHP Roki Sasaki and the World Series champion Dodgers.