Seattle 4, Houston 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 20, 2013
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Miller, 1B -
Todd Tichenor, 2B -
CB Bucknor, 3B -
Dale Scott
Attendance:
25733
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Mariners 4, Astros 2: Michael Saunders snapped a tie with a two-run double in the seventh inning - Seattle's only hit - as the visiting Mariners extended their season-best winning streak to five games.
Seattle, which had its 23-game home run streak snapped, erased a 2-0 deficit in the sixth inning as Nick Franklin lifted a sacrifice fly and Brad Miller scored on a passed ball.
Erik Bedard (3-7) suffered his fourth straight loss despite striking out 10 over 6 1/3 hitless innings as he yielded three runs - one earned - and issued five walks. Matt Dominguez went 2-for-3 and scored a run while Jose Altuve and Jason Castro each had an RBI for the Astros, who have lost seven of eight.
Hisashi Iwakuma (9-4) allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings en route to his second straight victory following a five-start winless stretch. Charlie Furbush struck out two in a perfect eighth and Tom Wilhelmsen worked around a walk in the ninth for his 21st save.
Justin Smoak began the winning rally in the seventh by drawing a one-out walk from Bedard, who immediately gave way to Jose Cisnero. Rookie Mike Zunino was issued a two-out free pass before Saunders broke a 2-2 deadlock with his double to center field.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Mariners 3B Kyle Seager went 0-for-4, ending his 15-game hitting streak. ... Seattle's home run streak, which tied for the sixth-longest in major-league history, was the longest since the Atlanta Braves also went deep in 23 consecutive games in 2006. ... The Astros have lost eight of their last nine home contests.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Seattle
|
1 |
0 |
2 |
.037 |
6 |
15 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Houston
|
7 |
0 |
10 |
.219 |
16 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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