Errors, Too Many LOBs Come Back To Haunt Seattle Mariners

It's not that Seattle didn't have plenty of chances to score more than one run. Both teams were pretty pitiful in the LOBs category. Seattle was 0-for-6 in the Saturday afternoon game at Daikin Park in Houston, The Associated Press reported. The Astros ended up being 0-for-8 themselves.

Woo, though, was focused on his errant play after the game. “I maybe just forced it a little bit,” Woo said, according to MLB.com. “I want to make the play. I know I can make the play. But fundamentally, maybe just isn't the right play there. So, yeah, I've just got to know the situation, see the play happening and actually developing. But, yeah, just be better.”

Woo falls to 5-2 on the season. He knows that there is a lot of room for improvement in his mound work. Woo is committed to doing whatever is needed at this point.

Mariners starter Bryan Woo lamented his outing against the Houston Astros on Saturday

“Execution, especially with the sinker, not great,” Woo said. “I just never really got [inside] the way that I wanted to. And then, yeah, just left a lot of pitches [in the] middle that they were able to get back up on, a lot of ground balls or whatever that they hit back up the middle or hit on the ground. 

"But just pitches that I didn't execute to spots that I wanted to. I just didn't make adjustments the way that I needed to.”

Astros starter Framber Valdez improved to 4-4, going six innings while allowing just four hits and a run. It was the third straight victory for Valdez, who, along with Hunter Brown, are the aces of Houston's pitching staff. 

Seattle scored its one run in the second inning. Randy Arozarena led off with a triple to left field, then scored on a Mitch Garver groundout. 

As much as the Mariners had other chances to score, Houston's relief corps proved tough. Astros reliever Bryan Abreu had a tough situation in the eighth inning, but managed to wiggle out of trouble. Ace reliever Josh Hader came on in the ninth to get his 13th save for the Astros.

The Mariners will wrap up their four-game series against the Astros on Sunday afternoon.