SEATTLE — Wind?

Marine layer?

When you are capable of hitting the ball hard as Julio Rodriguez, those thing don’t really matter.

With his team trailing by a run, the offense looking ineffectual and another frustrating loss to start the 2025 season closing in, Rodriguez changed it all with one swing.

Rodriguez jumped on a first-pitch slider from A’s starter J.P. Sears, sending a majestic blast into the upper deck of left field for his first homer of the season.

His two-run shot provided all the offense in the Mariners 2-1 victory over the A’s on Sunday afternoon at T-Mobile Park.

Somewhat lost in the majesty and celebration of Rodriguez’s mammoth blast was the extended at-bat from Victor Robles that put the tying run on base.

The Mariners leadoff hitter, who led off the game with an infield single, forced a 3-2 count and beat out a ground ball to shortstop Jacob Wilson to bring Rodriguez to the plate as the go-ahead run. Seattle had only five hits as a team and Robles had two of them.

The Mariners got a quality start from Bryan Woo. Making his first start of the season and his MLB start in the month of April, Woo pitched six strong innings, allowing one run on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

His only mistake came in the fourth inning when he threw back-to-back changeups to start the at-bat against Tyler Soderstrom. The second one stayed in the middle of the zone, allowing Soderstrom to pull it over the wall in left field for a 1-0 lead. It was Soderstrom’s third homer of the series — all solo homers.

Seattle got scoreless innings from relievers Gregory Santos and Trent Thornton to had the ball to Andrés Muñoz with a one-run lead in the ninth. The Mariners closer picked up his second save of the season, pitching a scoreless ninth.

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