Seattle Mariners dispatch Astros as Julio, Miller lead in 3-1 win

SEATTLE (AP) — Bryce Miller gave up two hits over six shutout innings for his first main league win, Justin Topa labored round a leadoff single within the ninth for his first huge league save and the Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 3-1 Sunday to take two of three from the World Sequence champions.

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First baseman José Abreu made a run-scoring error in a two-run third inning and Matt Gage dedicated a bases-loaded balk when he relieved within the fifth.

Held to 5 singles and a double, the World Sequence champions misplaced for the fourth time in 5 video games. The Astros have misplaced three straight sequence and are 17-17.

Julio Rodríguez, in a 1-for-18 slide, hit his sixth residence run of the season for the Mariners, who’ve received six of seven.

Per week after turning into the third participant in main league historical past to strike out 10 with no walks in his debut, the 24-year-old Miller (1-0) struck out 5 with a stroll and held the Astros to 2 singles over six innings.

He induced eight swings and misses amongst 37 swings at his fastball, which averaged 95.8 mph.

“His fastball may be very distinctive,” Mariners supervisor Scott Servais stated. “It’s obtained a ton of trip on it. How he comes off the mound, the way it comes out of his hand, I’m tremendous impressed with the command of it. He threw a variety of actually good fastballs on the within a part of the plate, which is form of a step down the street.”

Miller stated he obtained his second clubhouse celebration in per week that included mustard, mayonnaise, beer and different mysterious substances.

“My eyes have been closed and I went straight to the bathe,” he stated.

Topa, a 32-year-old right-hander, obtained his first save since 2019 with Class-A Carolina. Yordan Alvarez singled on his first pitch, however Topa obtained Abreu to floor right into a double play and threw a known as third strike previous Kyle Tucker.

“We performed actually good baseball all weekend exterior of a late residence run in sport one,” Servais stated.

Rodríguez’s 454-foot homer to left-center put Seattle forward within the third inning.

Eugenio Suárez doubled and scored when Abreu flubbed Cal Raleigh’s routine grounder.

Astros supervisor Dusty Baker pulled starter Brandon Bielak (0-1) with the bases loaded within the fifth,. and Gage was known as for a balk for lifting his foot off the rubber twice earlier than throwing a pitch.

Tucker adopted Abreu’s one-out double within the seventh with an RBI single in opposition to Gabe Speier.

Requested if he would possibly contemplate giving some gamers selective relaxation as they proceed to wrestle, Baker stated it’s attainable.

“There’s a variety of guys that might profit, however like I stated, we’re off each six days,” Baker stated. “And it’s like they don’t appear fatigued. They could be mentally fatigued, however the roster is what we’ve at this second.”

BENCHES CLEARED

Each benches and bullpens cleared within the fourth when Seattle’s José Caballero and Astros catcher Martín Maldonado squared off at residence plate. The 2 gave the impression to be at odds after Caballero known as time on the earlier pitch. After a swing and miss, Caballero confronted off with Maldonado and the 2 exchanged phrases as their teammates streamed onto the sector.

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BAKER AND BLUE

Baker mourned the dying of his good friend and former competitor Vida Blue.

“That’s my associate,” Baker stated. “I didn’t hit him very properly. … I’ve been speaking to Vida on and off for the final couple of months and he didn’t name again the opposite day, so I figured one thing was mistaken. … I knew he was sick, however it’s a tricky day.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Astros: 2B Jose Altuve took batting apply for the second consecutive day. Baker stated he has not but spoken with Altuve a couple of timeline for a return, however that he would want a rehab task earlier than rejoining the lineup. Altuve broke his proper thumb through the World Baseball Basic.

Mariners: 2B Kolten Wong (wrist) was out of the lineup after rolling his wrist whereas making a diving cease Saturday evening within the 7-5 win over the Astros.

UP NEXT

Astros: Rookie RHP Hunter Brown (3-1, 2.60), coming off his first huge league loss, begins Monday’s sequence opener on the Los Angeles Angels and LHP Patrick Sandoval (3-1, 293).

Mariners: RHP Logan Gilbert (1-1, 4.01) brings a streak of six video games with six or extra strikeouts into Monday’s begin in opposition to the Texas Rangers and RHP Jon Grey (1-1, 4.40).

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