SportsDirect Inc. Ad
SportsDirect Inc. Ad
SportsDirect Inc. Ad
Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Seattle 3, Houston 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 29, 2013
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Tim Welke
Attendance: 22203

Mariners 3, Astros 2: Franklin Gutierrez smacked a two-run homer and Nick Franklin hit a solo shot as visiting Seattle snapped its six-game losing streak.

Erasmo Ramirez (5-1) allowed two runs and seven hits while striking out seven in 5 2/3 innings. The victory was the first for the Mariners in seven games since manager Eric Wedge (stroke) returned to the dugout.

Seattle’s bullpen combined for 3 1/3 hitless innings. Charlie Furbush tossed a perfect frame, Yoervis Medina retired four batters – three via strikeout – and Danny Farquhar worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth, inducing Brett Wallace to ground into a game-ending double play for his 10th save in 12 opportunities.

Franklin hit an opposite-field homer to left in the opening inning off Jordan Lyles (6-7) and Gutierrez belted a one-out blast in the fourth to make it 3-0. Houston got on the board in the bottom of the frame on Jason Castro’s RBI double and Wallace drilled a leadoff homer in the fifth to make it a one-run game.

Lyles allowed three runs and four hits in six innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Mariners OF Michael Morse didn’t play after being claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles earlier Thursday. Seattle has 48 hours to work out a deal with Baltimore or pull back Morse. … Wallace has hit six of his 12 home runs in August. … Franklin was in an 0-for-16 rut before clubbing his 12th homer of the campaign.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Houston
Erasmo Ramirez Player Jordan Lyles
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 6.0
7 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 4
3.18 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Seattle   Houston
Franklin Gutierrez Player Jason Castro
3 Hits 1
2 RBI 1
1 HR 0
7 TB 2
.750 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 6 2 13 .188 12 8 3 3 0 0
Houston 5 1 10 .161 13 11 2 3 0 1