Seattle Mariners at Houston Astros
HOUSTON (Interstat) — Eugenio Suárez hit his 47th homer and Bryan Woo combined with four relievers on a three-hit shutout as the Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 4-0 on Friday night to take over first place in the AL West.
The surging Mariners (85-69) have won 11 of 12 to move a game ahead of the Astros (84-70) with eight games remaining. Julio Rodríguez, Josh Naylor and Victor Robles also homered for Seattle, which scored single runs in the first, fourth, seventh and eighth innings.
Woo (15-7) struck out seven and allowed just one hit over five innings before leaving unexpectedly. Hunter Brown (12-8) took the loss, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out nine over six innings. A crowd of 41,471 at Daikin Park watched the game, which took 2 hours, 42 minutes.