Mariners clean Royals, tying Astros atop AL West forward of huge sequence

Luis Castillo threw six stellar innings, Jorge Polanco and J.P. Crawford every had RBI doubles and the visiting Seattle Mariners posted a 2-0 victory over the Kansas Metropolis Royals on Thursday afternoon.

Castillo (10-8) allowed three hits in his scoreless outing, putting out three and strolling none for Seattle (84-69), which gained its eleventh recreation in 12 tries and pulled even with the Houston Astros atop the American League West. The Mariners start a three-game sequence in Houston on Friday.

Andres Munoz labored round Vinnie Pasquantino’s one-out double and a hit-by-pitch within the ninth by putting out Adam Frazier to earn his thirty sixth save.

Stephen Kolek (5-6) threw 7 1/3 innings of two-run (one earned), two-hit ball, whereas putting out a career-high eight batters and strolling one for Kansas Metropolis (76-77), which has dropped eight of its final 11.

Seattle struck first within the second, as Josh Naylor hit a leadoff single adopted by Polanco’s RBI double to offer the Mariners a 1-0 edge.

After Salvador Perez and Frazier recorded consecutive one-out singles within the backside of the second, Castillo retired 10 straight Kansas Metropolis batters earlier than Carter Jensen’s single within the fifth.

Kolek’s streak went even additional, because the Kansas Metropolis starter retired 16 consecutive Mariners earlier than Naylor’s two-out stroll within the seventh.

In aid of Castillo, Eduard Bazardo threw an ideal seventh.

After Kolek struck out Eugenio Suarez to start the eighth, Dominic Canzone seemingly grounded out to second baseman Michael Massey. Seattle then challenged that Massey started the play along with his heels on the outfield grass, leading to a defensive shift violation.

Daniel Lynch IV then relieved Kolek and surrendered Crawford’s run-scoring double to push Seattle’s result in 2-0.

Each groups completed with simply 5 hits. Naylor was the one participant to hit safely twice.

–Discipline Stage Media