HOUSTON – Seattle is still having trouble beating Houston. The Mariners scored once in the first inning and that was it in a 6-1 loss to the Astros on Sunday afternoon.
In being swept in a three-game weekend series at Minute Maid Park, the Mariners have lost four consecutive overall and have lost nine of 10 games to the Astros this season.
J.P. Crawford hit the sixth pitch of the game off Gerrit Cole for a home run into the Astros bullpen in right-center field. Crawford’s homer traveled 399 feet and was the Mariners’ 150th of the season, 47th in June.