Mariners face Houston in 10th | Sports

Seattle beat Houston with a 10-inning, 2-1 victory last night…

It was a fit ending to a game that couldn’t be decided in regulation after Justin Verlander and George Kirby faced off in a pitching duel. Kirby allowed 1 run on 6 hits over 6 innings with 8 strikeouts while Verlander struck out nine over 7 innings on 3-hit ball.

Houston struck first in the 4th with Dominic Canzone tying in the 5th and that set the stage for JP Crawford to advance with the walk-off in the 10th…

Scott Servais is a former catcher and said he could definitely appreciate two pitchers battling like Kirby and Verlander did last night…

Seattle will embark on a series sweep today at 1:10 a.m. with the game broadcast on ROOT Sports Northwest.

Texas managed to keep pace with Seattle in the American League West with a 5-1 victory over Arizona last night. Tampa Bay dominated Oakland 4-3 to push the A’s to within 8 games of the Mariners. The Yankees beat the Angels 2-1 to keep Los Angeles 9 games behind.