SEATTLE -- For the second game in a row, the Mariners' bats were not able to support a starter.
Seattle got its only run of the game on a Jean Segura homer in the fifth inning. The blast evened the score at one apiece, but would not be enough to back James Paxton in a 5-1 loss on Saturday afternoon against the Rockies at Safeco Field.
Paxton held the Rockies to one run and struck out eight through his first six innings -- including getting out of a no-out, bases-loaded jam with consecutive strikeouts of Charlie Blackmon and Nolan Arenado in the third -- adding after the game that he felt good and had good stuff.