It was ultimately Seattle’s inability to lay a hand on Houston pitching most of the night that proved the difference in a 5-2 loss to the Astros that snapped the Mariners’ season-high six-game winning streak.
But it was a play on which Mitch Haniger couldn’t quite keep his glove on a drive by Houston’s Brian McCann in the seventh inning that best typified a game that never really seemed in Seattle’s grasp against the team with the best record in the major leagues.
It was still just 2-1 when Haniger dived for McCann’s shot down the right-field line with the bases loaded.