SEATTLE (Interstat) — Bryan Woo pitched six innings of three-hit shutout ball and Colt Emerson broke the game open with a three-run homer in the eighth inning, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night at T-Mobile Park.

The Mariners snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 23-26, while the White Sox fell to 24-23 before a crowd of 31,409. The game lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes.

Woo, who entered with a 3-2 record and had won his previous two starts, struck out eight and walked one while allowing only three hits. He retired the side in order in the second, fourth and fifth innings and never let the White Sox mount a sustained threat after the first.

Noah Schultz, the White Sox starter, took the loss, falling to 2-3. He allowed three runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out six and walking one. Schultz exited after yielding a double and a single in the sixth that gave Seattle the lead for good.

The White Sox scratched out a run in the top of the first against Woo. Sam Antonacci led off the game with a sharp single to center field. After Munetaka Murakami walked, the White Sox attempted a double steal, but Antonacci was caught stealing third on a pickoff throw from Woo to third baseman Emerson. Murakami advanced to second on the play, then moved to third on a forceout before Colson Montgomery walked. But Andrew Benintendi struck out swinging to end the inning with the White Sox ahead 1-0.

Seattle answered in the bottom of the first. J.P. Crawford grounded out to begin the inning, but Julio Rodríguez tied the game with a solo home run to right-center field, his eighth of the season. Randy Arozarena struck out, but Josh Naylor singled. Rob Refsnyder flied out to leave the score 1-1.

The game remained tied through the second and third innings, with Woo finding his rhythm. In the third, the White Sox put two runners on again. Antonacci singled and Murakami singled to right, putting runners at the corners with one out. But Woo struck out Miguel Vargas on a foul tip and then struck out Montgomery swinging to escape.

Seattle broke the tie in the bottom of the third. Jhonny Pereda was hit by a pitch to lead off. After Crawford popped out and Rodríguez lined out, Arozarena doubled to left-center, scoring Pereda and putting the Mariners up 2-1. Naylor lined out to end the inning.

Neither team scored in the fourth or fifth innings. Woo retired the side in order in the fifth, and Schultz worked around a hit batter in the fifth.

The Mariners extended their lead in the sixth. Schultz began the inning by allowing Arozarena’s second double of the game to center field. Jordan Hicks replaced Schultz, but Naylor greeted him with an RBI single to right, scoring Arozarena and making it 3-1. Hicks struck out Refsnyder, but a fielding error by shortstop Montgomery allowed Connor Joe to reach. Hicks induced a groundout and a popout to end the inning, but the damage was done.

The White Sox answered in the seventh. After Benintendi and Jarred Kelenic made outs, Tristan Peters hit a solo home run to right field, his second of the season, cutting Seattle’s lead to 3-2. Drew Romo followed with a single, and Chase Meidroth walked, bringing the tying run to the plate. But José A. Ferrer relieved Woo and got Randal Grichuk to fly out to center, ending the threat.

Ferrer pitched a scoreless eighth inning, striking out one and allowing one hit.

The decisive moment came in the bottom of the eighth, when the Mariners broke the game open. Hicks had started the inning and allowed a single to Naylor. Brandon Eisert relieved Hicks and issued a walk to Dominic Canzone, putting runners at first and second with one out. Luke Raley struck out, and Cole Young flied out, bringing Emerson to the plate with two outs. On a full count, Emerson launched a line-drive home run to right field, his first of the season, scoring Naylor and Canzone and giving Seattle a 6-2 lead.

Andrés Muñoz pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out one, to seal the win.

Woo’s performance continued a strong stretch. In his previous two starts, he had allowed a combined two earned runs over 12 innings, with 18 strikeouts. He threw 91 pitches Monday, 62 for strikes.

Schultz, who had won his previous two decisions, was charged with three earned runs. He threw 83 pitches, 55 for strikes.

The White Sox finished with six hits, led by Antonacci and Murakami, who each had two hits. Peters’ home run was his only hit of the game. The Mariners collected eight hits, paced by Naylor’s three hits and two RBIs. Arozarena added two doubles and an RBI.

The game was the first of a three-game series between the two teams at T-Mobile Park. The White Sox had taken two of three from the Mariners in Chicago just over a week earlier, May 8-10, winning 2-1 and 6-1 after losing the series opener 12-8.

The White Sox entered Monday having won four of their previous five games, including a 9-8 victory in 10 innings Sunday against the Chicago Cubs. The Mariners had lost three straight, all to the San Diego Padres, and had not scored more than four runs in any of those games.

The White Sox continue their road trip with games Tuesday and Wednesday in Seattle before heading to San Francisco for a weekend series against the Giants. The Mariners will host the White Sox again Tuesday and Wednesday, then travel to Kansas City for a three-game set starting Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 5. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Seattle with a 64.10 percent probability to win. Seattle had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5.