Lance McCullers Jr. matched his career high with 11 strikeouts over seven innings of one-hit ball, Brian McCann hit a tiebreaking two-run home run and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Tuesday night.
James Paxton delivered six strong innings, Nelson Cruz took Dallas Keuchel deep and the Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 2-1 on Monday night to end a six-game skid against the defending World Series champions.
The Seattle Mariners find themselves in a precarious position, just 13 games into the 2018 season and trying to snap the longest playoff drought in the four major U.S. pro sports.
A day after banging out 17 hits and scoring 10 runs, the Mariners, who managed just two hits, were shut down on Sunday afternoon in a 2-1 loss to the Oakland A’s.
Jean Segura hit a three-run homer, Mitch Haniger, Kyle Seager and Daniel Vogelbach all added solo shots, and Seattle battered Oakland pitching for 17 hits in the Mariners’ 10-8 win over the Athletics on Saturday night.
Slugger Nelson Cruz has been activated from the 10-day disabled list by the Seattle Mariners after being out since the opening weekend of the season due to an ankle injury.
When cleanup hitter Nelson Cruz went down with a freak injury in the second game of the season, things could have headed south in a hurry for the Mariners.
Mitch Haniger hit a three-run homer and Daniel Vogelbach added a two-run shot – both with two outs in the seventh inning – rallying the Seattle Mariners to a 7-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
