Julio Rodríguez stays hot, Mariners lose 3-2 in extras

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn ImagesJulio Rodríguez is on a hot streak.

The Mariners lost 3-2 to the Angels in extra innings despite a pair of solo home runs by Rodríguez and the debut of Josh Naylor. Bryan Woo worked into the seventh inning with six strikeouts, and the bullpen got the game to the 10th unscathed. But their efforts could not outlast a feckless Mariners’ lineup, and the Angels eventually walked it off.

Rodríguez barreled a homer to right-center field in the first inning; he barreled an out to right field in the third; then he barreled a homer to left field in the sixth. His barrel rate in July is now 14.8%, and he entered the day on one of the steepest upward trajectories in MLB. He’s now…