Seattle’s Felix Hernandez pitches in the fourth inning. The Seattle Mariners played the Houston Astros in a Major League Baseball game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Joshua Bessex joshua.bessex@gateline.com
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners (13-4) lost their second consecutive game to the Houston Astros, 3-1, on Saturday night at T-Mobile Park, dropping two in a row for the first time this season.
Here are three takeaways from the loss.
1. FELIX THROWS WELL, BUT VERLANDER DEALS
In the fifth career meeting between Astros right-hander Justin Verlander and Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez, it was the former who earned the win.