The Mariners allowed 14 hits to the Houston Astros in an 8-3 loss on Wednesday night that puts Seattle's playoff hopes in grave danger as they sit 1.5 games outside of the playoff picture with four games left in the regular season.
At least when it comes to Wednesday night's game against the Houston Astros, it meant a whole heck of a lot.
With a win, the Mariners could have put themselves in strong shape to earn one of two playoff spots likely available between themselves, Houston and the Toronto Blue Jays over the final weekend of the regular season. Instead, the Mariners now need to win several games and likely get some significant help along the way.
Valdez struggled with command throughout the outing for Houston. Following the Crawford home run, Valdez walked Julio Rodríguez and Eugenio Suárez as the Mariners threatened to put a big number on the board early. Instead, Valdez struck out Teoscar Hernandez and Ty France and a Dylan Moore line drive was hit directly to third baseman Alex Bregman to keep the lead at just one.
The four runs came on six hits and a walk for Miller along with four strikeouts as his day came to a close after four innings. Gabe Speier and Justin Topa combined to work around a lead off double from José Altuve in the fifth inning to avoid deepening the hole for Seattle. Neris served a three-game suspension last season after throwing a ball behind Ty France and then having a pitch sail over the head of Suárez after Rodríguez homered off him. That incident led to both benches clearing in Houston with multiple ejections as well.Hernandez misplayed a soft liner to right field from Bregman that slipped by him all the way to the wall, turning a would-be single into a de facto triple on the error.
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