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Deadspin | Mariners open massive collection vs. division-leading Astros

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Jul 9, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA;Houston Astros beginning pitcher Brandon Walter (60) pitches towards the Cleveland Guardians within the first inning at Daikin Park. Necessary Credit score: Thomas Shea-Imagn Pictures

The Seattle Mariners have been up and down lately.

They’re going to have to be at their finest popping out of the All-Star break as they’re going to play host to the American League West-leading Houston Astros in a three-game collection starting Friday night time at T-Cell Park.

When the Mariners had been final at residence, they pitched three consecutive shutouts in sweeping Pittsburgh.

They then misplaced three in a row in New York towards the Yankees, together with blowing a five-run lead over the ultimate two innings of the collection finale after Bryan Woo took a no-hitter into the eighth.

Then they traveled to Detroit, the place they scored 35 runs in sweeping a three-game set towards the Tigers, the staff with the perfect document in baseball.

“I can not give sufficient credit score to these guys in that clubhouse to bounce again,” Mariners supervisor Dan Wilson stated. “That is what this sport is all about. You’ve gotten to have the ability to go on and are available again the subsequent day. And these guys show that over and time and again.

“We have pushed (the Yankees collection) apart, we have moved on, and this one feels actually good due to it.”

Cal Raleigh homered twice within the opener in Detroit, giving him an MLB-leading 38 for the season, earlier than successful the Residence Run Derby in Atlanta. Julio Rodriguez, who skipped the All-Star Recreation to relaxation, went 6-for-12 towards the Tigers with two doubles, three homers and 6 RBIs, rising his OPS (on-base plus slugging proportion) from .687 to .731.

“These previous couple of days have been unimaginable,” Mariners pitcher George Kirby stated. “I really feel like each ball (the offense) put in play received by a gap, or was hard-hit or within the hole or a house run. They’ve actually been seeing the ball nicely. … It is all the time good when you will get a whole lot of run help.”

In distinction, the Astros misplaced 5 of their final six video games on a homestand towards Cleveland and Texas heading into the All-Star break. That allowed the second-place Mariners to drag inside 5 video games within the division race.

Astros supervisor Joe Espada stated he wasn’t involved by the downturn.

“(We’re in) a extremely great place,” Espada stated. “If we’d have drawn this up and envisioned us having a powerful first half in comparison with final yr — 16 video games over .500, 5 video games up within the division — that is precisely the place a staff that is attempting to realize a objective of successful the division, that is precisely the place we needed to be.”

All-Star pitcher Hunter Brown echoed these feedback.

“I believe that we’re the perfect staff in our division and the perfect staff within the league,” he stated. “Sitting in first place and in a great spot is precisely the place we wish to be and the place we expect we ought to be.”

The Astros are set to begin left-hander Brandon Walter (1-2, 3.98 ERA) on Friday, whereas the Mariners have but to call a starter.

Walter is about to make his eighth profession begin. He suffered a 4-2 loss to visiting Cleveland on July 9 regardless of permitting simply two runs on two hits over six innings, with no walks and 7 strikeouts. Walter shall be dealing with the Mariners for the primary time in his profession.

–Subject Degree Media



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