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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert shakes hands with manager Scott Servais, left, after Gilbert pitched the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Seattle. SEATTLE — Kryptonite arrived after one pitch, a four-seam fastball Jose Altuve struck into shallow center field for a leadoff single. Altuve is an ambusher, the type of hitter able to see one pitch and apply life to a lineup without it. The Astros are in dire need of some.
Logan Gilbert steadied himself on the mound amid a threat the Astros had no hopes of seizing. Yordan Alvarez swung through a two-strike fastball before Yuli Gurriel sent a weak pop fly to left field. Altuve stayed at second base. Bregman didn’t move from first. If the frustration feels familiar, it is.
A 6-0 loss to the Mariners lowered Houston’s season-long scoring output to 4.06 runs per game. The major league average is 4.24. The Astros led the sport by averaging 5.33 runs per game last season. Carlos Correa did depart for Minnesota, but the dropoff is still far too drastic. The team suffered its fourth shutout in 47 games on Saturday. It had seven across 162 games last year.
Gilbert grew downright dominant after the Astros allowed him to escape the first. He scattered four singles across seven superb innings, flummoxing the Astros with a four-seam fastball that reached the high 90s and two wicked breaking pitches. After Kyle Tucker struck a one-out single in the fourth, Gilbert retired the final 11 Houston hitters he faced.
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