A trio of Seattle Mariners stars were involved in some unique baseball history at Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta.
First, M's catcher Cal Raleigh, who started for the American League, won the first-ever All-Star Game challenge under the ABS system. The system has been in place in Minor League Baseball, and was used at spring training as well, and it will eventually come to the big leagues.
With Tarik Skubal pitching and Manny Machado hitting, Skubal threw a pitch that was called a ball, but Raleigh challenged it, leading into a strike three ruling.
The first ABS challenge powered by @TMobile in #AllStarGame history was ... SUCCESSFUL! pic.twitter.com/ckur7SGTYm
— MLB (@MLB) July 16, 2025
Then, Mariners' reliever Andres Munoz benefited from the system, as he struck out Kyle Stowers of the Miami Marlins. Stowers challenged the low fastball, which just nicked the bottom of the zone, upholding the call.
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Pitcher mexicano
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Andres Muñoz y Alejandro Kirk!!!
Esperemos verlos muchas veces juntos en el próximo Clasico Mundial con la selección mexicana!!
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Finally, outfielder Randy Arozarena was ruled out via the challenge system, as Edwin Diaz challenged a pitch that ended being a strike, punching Arozarena out in the ninth inning.
MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike system was used to send the All-Star Game to the bottom of the 9th all tied up after Edwin Diaz challenged a pitch call by the umpire.pic.twitter.com/TimWBqpOay
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) July 16, 2025
All in all, it was a good night for the Mariners at the All-Star Game, as Raleigh went 1-for-2 with a single and Bryan Woo tossed a scoreless inning on the mound. Munoz struck out one and walked one in 0.2 innings and Arozarena went 0-for-3 in relief of Aaron Judge.
Now, the quartet will fly back to Seattle as the Mariners get ready to start the second half of the season. They'll take on the Houston Astros on Friday night at T-Mobile Park. Seattle trails the Astros by five games in the American League West.
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