The Seattle Mariners (32-37) beat the Houston Astros (40-30) 6-3 on Saturday night at Safeco Field in Edgar Martinez‘s debut as hitting coach. Taijuan Walker (5-6, 4.94 ERA) out pitched Dallas Keuchel (8-3, 2.35 ERA) tonight, earning his 5th win of the season. Carson Smith retired 4 Astros en route to picking up his 5th save of the season.
Prince Tai was Kingly tonight. Walker was sharp once again, allowing 3 runs across 6.1 innings of work. He tallied a career high 11 punch outs and did not issue any walks.