Don’t be surprised if the “Ballad of Chase DeLauter” hits the airwaves by next weekend.

It’s happened in Cleveland before, after all.

DeLauter etched his name in the history books, hitting a two-run homer in the 10th inning Saturday in a 6-5 victory against the host Seattle Mariners.

It gave him four homers over his first three career regular-season games, matching the MLB record set by Colorado’s Trevor Story in 2016. The season-opening series concludes Sunday.

DeLauter, who made his debut in the 2025 playoffs, went deep to left field off Mariners closer Andres Munoz to give the Guardians a 6-3 lead. It was needed insurance as Seattle’s Luke Raley hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning.

DeLauter, who went deep twice on Opening Day and again in the first inning Friday, was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts when he stepped to the plate in the 10th.

“That shows the maturity right there,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. “He had a tough night up until that point and obviously facing one of the best closers in the league, if not best closer in the league, and to hit a ball (opposite field) in Seattle at night when it’s cold, that takes some kind of power. … He’s just showing his poison. That was pretty special.”

DeLauter’s start undoubtedly has reminded old-timers in Cleveland of Joe Charboneau, the 1980 American League Rookie of the Year.

Two musicians attended the team’s home opener that season, in which Charboneau doubled and homered, and later that day wrote the song “Go Joe Charboneau.” They released a single under the name Section 36, where they were sitting at Cleveland’s old Municipal Stadium.

While the song perhaps wasn’t worthy of the nearby Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland it lives on in franchise lore. The New York Times described it as a “rock opus — its sound is somewhere between a tribal chant and the groan of someone with a stubbed toe.”

DeLauter said before the Saturday game that he hasn’t had much time to take a step back and appreciate his record start.

“It’s something that’s hard to focus on right now,” DeLauter said. “I’m just focused on (Sunday), making sure I’m available (Sunday) night. It’s definitely something I’ll look back on. But man, it’s a cool start.”

Speaking of cool — or cold — starts, the Mariners’ Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez got their first hits of the season.

After striking out in each of his first eight at-bats of the campaign, Raleigh singled to center in the third inning. Rodriguez busted out of an 0-for-10 slump with a run-scoring single with two outs in the ninth to force extra innings.

“Tough one tonight,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said after the game. “A one-run loss is always tough. Extra innings makes it a little more difficult. But you’ve got to give it to our guys. They came back there in the ninth inning and battled to get the tie, and then making it exciting there in the bottom of the 10th as well. We kept coming back and that’s what this team is all about. But just a little bit too late and a little bit short.”

The series finale is set to feature a pair of right-handers who were first-round draft picks in 2020 in the Guardians’ Slade Cecconi (7-7, 4.30 ERA in 2025) and Seattle’s Emerson Hancock (4-5, 4.90).

Cecconi is 0-1 with a 1.50 ERA in one previous start against the Mariners; Hancock is 2-0 with a 2.19 in two career starts versus Cleveland.

-Field Level Media

The Montreal Canadiens will look to extend their winning streak to five games when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday in Raleigh, N.C.

The Canadiens (41-21-10, 92 points) are coming off a 4-1 victory against the Nashville Predators on Saturday to improve to 8-3-0 in their past 11 games.

Ivan Demidov opened the scoring in the first period, and fellow rookie Oliver Kapanen joined Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook in tallying in the second to break the contest open.

Getting offense from others beyond the line of Caufield (team-leading 45 goals), captain Nick Suzuki (team-leading 64 assists and 88 points) and Juraj Slafkovsky is a boost for a Montreal squad that has leaned heavily on its top trio.

“Winning teams, you need some scoring aside from your first line,” Newhook said. “I think we know we’re capable of providing a pretty solid secondary scoring second line there, and I think we hold ourselves to that standard as well. Nice to see some results tonight but got to keep moving forward here.”

Newhook’s goal was his second in the past four games.

Demidov and Kapanen have each scored twice in the past three contests, with their other goals coming in the Canadiens’ 5-2 win against the Hurricanes on Tuesday in Montreal. The Canadiens trailed 2-0 by the seven-minute mark of that game before scoring five unanswered goals.

“We talked about having a good start (against Nashville) and not really worrying about the game as much as worry about the first five, six minutes of the game,” said goalie Jacob Fowler, who is expected to give way to Jakub Dobes on Sunday. “I loved our start. I thought it carried us through the whole night.”

The Hurricanes (46-20-6, 98 points), meanwhile, will look to avenge Tuesday’s loss, their lone setback over their past five games (4-1-0).

Carolina bounced back from that defeat with a 5-2 victory against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.

Trailing 1-0 after the first period, the Hurricanes scored five unanswered goals before the Devils added another late score.

“Really good 60 minutes, honestly,” goaltender Brandon Bussi said. “I think when we’re playing that tight in the neutral zone, in the offensive zone, just staying on them, making it hard for them to have time and space, we have a lot of success. It was great to kind of see that for the majority of the game.”

They’ve also had a lot of success on the power play of late. They tallied on their lone man advantage against New Jersey, making it five straight games with at least one power-play goal. They’re 7-for-15 over that stretch, a 46.7 percent success rate.

“You do want to have a plan when you get out there, but at the same time, you’re going to see different scenarios all the time, and it’s about being creative,” forward Nikolaj Ehlers said. “When you get the puck to the net, create some chaos, get the rebound, that’s when they’re out of place. It’s been going pretty well for our power play.”

Ehlers delivered the power-play tally to reach 60 points on the season for the fifth time in his NHL career.

–Field Level Media

The Columbus Blue Jackets will try to cool off David Pastrnak when they host the Boston Bruins on Sunday.

Pastrnak had two assists in the Bruins’ 6-3 win against the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday, extending his point streak to 12 games. The forward has 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) during the NHL’s longest active streak.

The Bruins (41-24-8, 90 points) are 4-1-0 in their past five games and are three points ahead of Columbus for the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

“Hopefully, we can use that momentum into (Sunday’s game),” said defenseman Andrew Peeke, a former member of the Blue Jackets. “They’re right in the race, too. It’s a big matchup for both teams, and it’s exciting. That’s what makes this part of the year fun — being in that hunt. Every game feels like a playoff game, and that’s really exciting.”

The Blue Jackets (38-24-11, 87 points) have lost three of their past four games following a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the visiting San Jose Sharks on Saturday.

Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm each scored two goals for Boston against the Wild. Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist. Casey Mittelstadt notched three assists and Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves.

“It was a complete 60-minute effort,” coach Marco Sturm said. “Every line brought something to the table — could be a fight, could be a goal, whatever it is. Sway in net, outstanding again. That’s who we are, and that’s what I like the most.”

Zacha has six goals and three assists in his past six games.

Igor Chernyshov scored his second goal of the game with 1:25 left in the third period and the San Jose Sharks rallied to defeat the Blue Jackets Saturday.

Defenseman Denton Mateychuk and Cole Sillinger scored and Elvis Merzlikins made 33 saves for Columbus.

“We just didn’t have our legs,” Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness said. “What these guys have to learn is when you don’t have your legs, you try to simplify the game a little bit. And even though we didn’t have our legs, we’re still trying to make plays that just weren’t there.”

Columbus took a 2-1 lead into the third period but could not hold it.

“They’re (San Jose) fighting for their lives too, just as we are, so they were the better team tonight,” Blue Jackets defenseman Erik Gudbranson said. “They were on top of us. We didn’t really get many opportunities to be on the offensive side of those physical altercations.”

Columbus forward Dmitri Voronkov left the game early in the second period with an upper-body injury after blocking a shot. Bowness said he will not play Sunday.

Joonas Korpisalo is 1-2-0 with a 4.19 goals-against average and .872 save percentage in his career against Columbus. Jet Greaves, the probable starter for the Blue Jackets, has never faced the Bruins.

The Bruins won the teams’ first meeting 4-2 on Feb. 26 as Arvidsson scored twice and Korpisalo made 36 saves. The teams play again on April 12.

–Field Level Media