Seattle Mariners Offense Awakens in 7-2 Win Against Cleveland Guardians

SEATTLE — During the Seattle Mariners three-game losing streak, generating traffic wasn't an issue. It was moving runners home. The Mariners cleared that hurdle in a 7-2 win against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday at T-Mobile Park. Seven Seattle hitters had multiple hits (first time since May 10, 2018) and the team improved to 34-34 with the victory. The M's are 4.5 games behind the Houston Astros in the American League West after the win.

"I don't like to look back. But we went through a rough stretch," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview. "There were a lot of hard-hit balls during that rough stretch, too. We were doing some good things offensively. And tonight, more things went our way and we did a lot of great things offensively tonight. We knew it was coming, we knew it was just a matter of time and tonight was the night to bust it open."

Seattle starting pitcher Luis Castillo dissected the Cleveland lineup for the majority of his six-inning quality start. He had two blemishes — back-to-back solo home runs allowed in the top of the third to Nolan Jones and Steven Kwan. Those two homers accounted for the Guardians' only runs of the game.

Castillo wasn't dissuaded from the homers and finished the game with seven strikeouts in his six innings. He walked three and allowed three hits, including those two homers.

"It's not how you start, it's how you finish," Castillo said after the game via translator Freddy Llanos. "For me, it was all about going out there and battling. And that's what we did. Try to go battle, give everything I had for me. ... But we were able to escape or get rid of that kind of bad streak that we had."