Mariners rally to win penultimate game after Kade Anderson exits early

Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times on Sep 27, 2026

Published in Baseball

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SEATTLE — After receiving a major scare when Kade Anderson took a line drive off his throwing arm, forcing him out of the game, Jose A. Ferrer made a mockery of the sixth inning, blowing a four-run lead by allowing four runs. The Mariners, however, answered with four runs in the seventh inning to pick up an 8-4 victory over the Angels in the penultimate game of their 2026 season.

The Mariners will close out the regular season on Sunday at noon with right-hander Logan Gilbert making the start against former Mariner Yusei Kikuchi.

Anderson, the Mariners’ top pitching prospect, took a 104-mph line drive from Christian Moore off his forearm. Anderson was in immediate and obvious pain. Manager Dan Wilson and athletic trainer Taylor Bennett immediately came to the mound to talk to Anderson, who initially tried to wave them off. But after a very brief conversation, Anderson walked off the mound irritated about having to exit the game.

“I thought the worst,” Wilson said. “Certainly, watching him kind of react and then kind of holding his arm down. I thought maybe something had broken or whatever.”

There was no fracture or any whatever. Anderson was diagnosed with a bruised forearm. it was swollen and had seam marks.

“It got me pretty good,” Anderson said, lifting up his arm. “It’s not a great feeling by any means.”

He had been hit on a line drive in almost the same spot in college so he knew nothing was broken.

“I just couldn’t grip anything,” he said. “It was like my arm went dead. It was just frustrating because I knew I wouldn’t be able to continue.”

With the regular season ending in less than 24 hours, there was no reason for him to continue to pitch in Saturday’s game vs. the Angels. Risking any further injury would be silly for the Mariners.

The bundled-up crowd of 40,308 at T-Mobile Park gasped when Anderson was hit by the comebacker, gasped again when it was shown on the video board and then gave Anderson a warm round of applause as he stalked off the field.

Anderson finished the season with a 2-2 record and a 3.79 ERA in seven starts. He will go into the offseason likely projected as one of the members of the Mariners’ rotation in 2026.

“That’s the beauty of the offseason,” Anderson said. “You get take a look back at what happened this season, and I just feel like there’s a lot of improvement for me going into this offseason. I’ve learned a lot of things that going into next season will be very beneficial.”

Things like getting stronger, adding some good weight to his lithe frame, perhaps adding some velocity and refining his two-seam fastball, which he started using in his last two outings are on his to-do list. But it’s an overall goal that’s forefront.

“I want to be the starter that’s really consistent.,” he said. “Going out there and make every start. I want to obviously, who doesn’t want to throw 200 innings and get 200 strikeouts, but the consistency piece is really important for me. At the end of the day, I just want to win.”

The Mariners built a 4-0 lead against Angels starter Ryan Johnson over the first five innings, highlighted by run-scoring doubles from Laz Montes and Dom Canzone.

Ferrer imploded in the sixth. His own throwing error on what should’ve been a double play was the biggest mistake as the Angels scored four runs.

Seattle rallied in the seventh. Taylor Ward came off the bench for a pinch-hit two run single and J.P. Crawford followed with a towering two-run homer to right field.

He received a standing ovation from fans and chants of J.P. ! J.P.! filled T-Mobile.

With his time in Seattle likely done, the ovation was special to Crawford.

“It meant everything,” he said. “Bittersweet for sure. A lot of emotions, and I’m glad I was able to get one more.”

Crawford was apologetic of the team’s failures.

“The season was a letdown,” he said. “Obviously, we didn’t reach our goal. We didn’t meet our standards, and I take full accountability for that. We shouldn’t be in this spot right now, and it sucks. You have learn and grow from it, and just get ready for another one.”

He blamed himself as a leader.

“Expectations, especially after last year, definitely not this,” he said. “Disappointed in myself for letting this happen. I’m supposed to be the leader, and it wears on me a lot because I’m supposed to lead these guys, and I feel like I really didn’t do a good job of that this year. I tried, but I guess I didn’t try hard enough.”