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Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson speaks to the media after a 6-2 loss against the Boston Red Sox on Friday at T-Mobile Park. | Teren Kowatsch/Roundtable Sports
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners had no answers for Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Ranger Suarez, who carried his team to a 6-2 win on Friday at T-Mobile Park.
The Mariners mustered just one hit against Suarez, who struck out five batters, walked three and allowed one hit in 6.2 innings pitched for the Red Sox.
Seattle dropped to 39-38 on the season and saw its lead in the American League West over the Athletics drop to half a game.
"There were some at-bats where we were able to fight through it and at least stay alive," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Friday. "But it seemed like (Suarez) was always there to make the pitch, whether it was the heater inside or breaking ball or changeup, that he was able to make that pitch with two strikes and put the at-bat away. We just weren't able to draw the walk or whatever the case may be to get the traffic going. ... Putting up some tougher at-bats at time but he had the good stuff."
Seattle's one hit came in the bottom of the seventh inning, down 5-0 to Boston.
Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor broke up Suarez's potential no-hitter with a double in the bottom of the seventh that set Seattle up with two runners on base for its most encouraging scoring opportunity of the night.
Second baseman Cole Young drew a seven-pitch lead-off walk to set Seattle up with the bases loaded and two outs. Young's walk chased Suarez after the game.
Infielder J.P. Crawford took the next at-bat after Young's walk as a pinch-hitter for outfielder Victor Robles to face Red Sox reliever Justin Slaten.
Crawford worked a full count before he struck out swinging on a 94.9-mph cutter on the outside edge of the plate, leaving the bases loaded.
Boston bolstered its lead to 6-0 in the top of the ninth after shortstop Marcelo Mayer hit an RBI double.
Red Sox scored just one run in the first five innings against Mariners starting pitcher Bryce Miller.
Miller, who worked in piggyback tandem with fellow starter Luis Castillo. Miller got the first five innings and Castillo got the final four.
In Miller's five innings of work, he struck out seven and allowed one earned run on three hits (one home run). His one run allowed was a solo homer hit by Boston third baseman Caleb Durbin in the top of the second.
"(Durbin) jumped the first-pitch fastball," Miller said after the game. "It was a good pitch, top rail. Other than that, threw a lot of hitters. They weren't really on it and whenever I went to the splitter — really everything felt good. And I didn't even throw a cutter today. ... Everything felt good. They weren't really on anything."
The chunk of the Red Sox's scoring output came against Castillo in the top of the seventh.
With a runner on third, Castillo threw a wild pitch that brought home a runner and bolstered Boston's lead to 2-0.
Seattle's veteran hurler allowed four-straight singles after the wild pitch. The fourth hit was a two-RBI single from Mayer that increased the Red Sox's advantage to 4-0. An RBI sacrifice fly hit by catcher Carlos Narvaez accounted for the fourth and final run of the inning and bolstered Boston's lead to 5-0 through the top of the seventh.
Castillo finished his outing with four strikeouts and allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits in his four innings pitched.
"Just a bad inning," Castillo said via interpreter Freddy Llanos after the game. "For me, I think I was able to put the pitches where I wanted them. They were able to hit them and find those holes where there was no defense there. For me, it was just one of those innings."
The Mariners avoided the shutout with a two-run home run courtesy of center fielder Julio Rodriguez in the bottom of the ninth. Catcher Cal Raleigh got on base before Rodriguez's at-bat with his third walk of the game.
Seattle will look to even the series in game two at 7:10 p.m. PT on Saturday at T-Mobile Park.
Emerson Hancock will start for the Mariners and Connelly Early will start for the Red Sox.
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SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners had no answers for Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Ranger Suarez, who carried his team to a 6-2 win on Friday at T-Mobile Park.
The Mariners mustered just one hit against Suarez, who struck out five batters, walked three and allowed one hit in 6.2 innings pitched for the Red Sox.
Seattle dropped to 39-38 on the season and saw its lead in the American League West over the Athletics drop to half a game.
"There were some at-bats where we were able to fight through it and at least stay alive," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Friday. "But it seemed like (Suarez) was always there to make the pitch, whether it was the heater inside or breaking ball or changeup, that he was able to make that pitch with two strikes and put the at-bat away. We just weren't able to draw the walk or whatever the case may be to get the traffic going. ... Putting up some tougher at-bats at time but he had the good stuff."
Seattle's one hit came in the bottom of the seventh inning, down 5-0 to Boston.
Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor broke up Suarez's potential no-hitter with a double in the bottom of the seventh that set Seattle up with two runners on base for its most encouraging scoring opportunity of the night.
Second baseman Cole Young drew a seven-pitch lead-off walk to set Seattle up with the bases loaded and two outs. Young's walk chased Suarez after the game.
Infielder J.P. Crawford took the next at-bat after Young's walk as a pinch-hitter for outfielder Victor Robles to face Red Sox reliever Justin Slaten.
Crawford worked a full count before he struck out swinging on a 94.9-mph cutter on the outside edge of the plate, leaving the bases loaded.
Boston bolstered its lead to 6-0 in the top of the ninth after shortstop Marcelo Mayer hit an RBI double.
Red Sox scored just one run in the first five innings against Mariners starting pitcher Bryce Miller.
Miller, who worked in piggyback tandem with fellow starter Luis Castillo. Miller got the first five innings and Castillo got the final four.
In Miller's five innings of work, he struck out seven and allowed one earned run on three hits (one home run). His one run allowed was a solo homer hit by Boston third baseman Caleb Durbin in the top of the second.
"(Durbin) jumped the first-pitch fastball," Miller said after the game. "It was a good pitch, top rail. Other than that, threw a lot of hitters. They weren't really on it and whenever I went to the splitter — really everything felt good. And I didn't even throw a cutter today. ... Everything felt good. They weren't really on anything."
The chunk of the Red Sox's scoring output came against Castillo in the top of the seventh.
With a runner on third, Castillo threw a wild pitch that brought home a runner and bolstered Boston's lead to 2-0.
Seattle's veteran hurler allowed four-straight singles after the wild pitch. The fourth hit was a two-RBI single from Mayer that increased the Red Sox's advantage to 4-0. An RBI sacrifice fly hit by catcher Carlos Narvaez accounted for the fourth and final run of the inning and bolstered Boston's lead to 5-0 through the top of the seventh.
Castillo finished his outing with four strikeouts and allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits in his four innings pitched.
"Just a bad inning," Castillo said via interpreter Freddy Llanos after the game. "For me, I think I was able to put the pitches where I wanted them. They were able to hit them and find those holes where there was no defense there. For me, it was just one of those innings."
The Mariners avoided the shutout with a two-run home run courtesy of center fielder Julio Rodriguez in the bottom of the ninth. Catcher Cal Raleigh got on base before Rodriguez's at-bat with his third walk of the game.
Seattle will look to even the series in game two at 7:10 p.m. PT on Saturday at T-Mobile Park.
Emerson Hancock will start for the Mariners and Connelly Early will start for the Red Sox.
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