Early Homers Help Mariners Over Astros 7-1
Kyle Seager, Mike Zunino and Jean Segura all homered off Dallas Keuchel early to back up another start by James Paxton and give the Mariners the 7-1 victory.
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Kyle Seager, Mike Zunino and Jean Segura all homered off Dallas Keuchel early to back up another start by James Paxton and give the Mariners the 7-1 victory.
Without their superstar second baseman, the Mariners have kept on winning, hoping to end the franchise's long playoff drought.
The Mariners have been waiting for Nelson Cruz to get going and Dee Gordon to return from the disabled list. They got both Thursday night in a 6-1 win over the Rangers.
Robinson Chirinos hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh inning to cap another late rally, and the Rangers beat the Mariners by a score of 7-6 on Wednesday.
Rougned Odor broke a tie with a three-run double in the 9th inning, and the Rangers beat the Mariners by a score of 9-5 to end Seattle's four-game winning streak.
Marco Gonzales pitched into the seventh inning and did not allow an earned run for a third consecutive start, helping the Mariners top the Rangers by a score of 2-1 on Monday.
A busy week in Major League baseball saw the Mariners second baseman suspended and a new king of the fastest pitch crowned.
Bartolo Colon put together arguably his best performance of the season on Wednesday, allowing four hits in 7 2/3 shutout innings and giving the Rangers a win.
Guillermo Heredia's single to left-center drove in Ryon Healy from second base in the 11th inning to lift the Mariners to a 9-8 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night.
Seattle Mariners All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano was suspended 80 games for violating baseball's joint drug agreement.
James Paxton joined Dick Fowler of the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics as the only Canadians to throw a no-hitter.
Before the first pitch on Thursday, Ichiro Suzuki was prepping for another game. Except there was no game to get ready for. He wouldn't be in the lineup that night, or again in the 2018 season, or maybe ever.
Nomar Mazara and Joey Gallo hit impressive home runs in the same inning, and the Texas Rangers avoided a series sweep with a 7-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
The Mariners turned a triple play against the Astros that is more likely to be seen in a little league game than in the majors. "That was an ugly play," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said.
The pageantry and patriotism accompanying the buildup to the Minnesota Twins' home opener forced a pause for James Paxton in his warmup routine, leaving the Seattle starting pitcher standing alone in left field while a giant flag was unfurled nearby.
The Mariners are bringing back Ichiro Suzuki. He spent his first 11 major league seasons with Seattle, earning the 2001 AL Rookie of the Year and MVP honors.
Edgar Martinez is rocketing up the Hall of Fame ballot, boosted 13 years after his final swing by new-age statistical analyses and campaigning.
Shohei Ohtani has cut the field of teams he's considering to five clubs on the West Coast plus the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers.
Hamels dominated for eight innings, Adrian Beltre and Shin-Soo Choo went deep and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 to hang around the AL wild-card hunt.
Odor capped a seven-run fourth inning in style and Claudio earned a six-out save to preserve Texas' 8-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners as the Rangers made up ground in the playoff chase Wednesday night.
With the win, Texas pulled within 3½ games of Minnesota for the second American League wild card.
Verlander struck out 10 over seven innings in his first home start for Houston, Derek Fisher and Marwin Gonzalez homered in a big fifth inning and the Astros clinched the American League West with a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners
Texas entered the game one-half game behind Seattle in the wild card race and fielded a surprise lineup looking for a spark from injured veterans Adrian Beltre and Mike Napoli.
Zunino broke a scoreless tie in the fifth with a rare shot into the second-level club deck in left field, and the Mariners went on to an 8-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night
Texas (72-72) and Seattle (72-73) have split the first two games of their four-game series. The Rangers dropped three games behind Minnesota for the American League's second wild card, while the Mariners remained 3 1/2 back after the Twins also won.
