The Player Nobody Trusted Against Lefties Just Beat the Dodgers Twice

For most of his career, Dominic Canzone barely got to swing against left-handed pitching. Managers kept him in a strict platoon role, reserving his bat almost exclusively for right-handers. On Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, that entire narrative collapsed in the span of three at-bats.

Canzone launched two home runs — both off left-handed pitchers, both in high-leverage moments — to power the Seattle Mariners past the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-6, in a series opener that turned into a full-blown slugfest in front of 51,686 fans.

A Team Desperate for a Spark Found One Seattle didn't arrive in Los Angeles riding momentum. The Mariners had just dropped three of four games to the Texas Rangers, watching their AL West lead evaporate along the way. They needed something to change the story — and Canzone delivered it almost single-handedly.