"I think he'll be better in Seattle than when he was here," McClendon said prior to the start of Wednesday's series finale with the Rockies. "The altitude kind of got him, particularly when he had to run the bases. It's funny. When he came back in and I went over to shake his hand and tell him, 'Great job,' his chest was heaving. He was trying to catch air. He was out of gas."
Nuno singled in the fourth -- breaking an 0-for-52 drought by Mariners pitchers dating back to 2012 -- then slid hard into second on a fielder's choice grounder by Austin Jackson to end that inning.