The Seattle Mariners lost again. The losing streak is getting longer. Seattle is having a difficult time competing for a wild card, and the Toronto Blue Jays are entering a stable zone.
Seattle lost 1-5 in the 2023 Major League Baseball home game against the Houston Astros held at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA on the 26th (Korean time).
Seattle starter Luis Castillo suffered his 8th loss (14th win) of the season with 8 hits (2 homers), 8 strikeouts, 1 walk, and 5 runs in 6 innings. The batting line faced Houston starter Justin Verlander and was stuck. Verlander earned his 12th win (8 losses) of the season with a pitching pitch that allowed 3 hits, 8 strikeouts, 1 walk, and 1 run in 8 innings.
Seattle suffered its fourth straight loss. On the 23rd, they lost 5-8 to the Texas Rangers and the next day they lost 0-2. In the game the previous day (25th), they lost 8-9 and were swept in a three-game series away to Texas.
Seattle, which returned to its home stadium, did not bother Houston's 40-year-old veteran starting pitcher Verlander at all. He had only 2 hits until the 8th inning and failed to score a single run.
In the 9th inning, against Verlander, who 무료스포츠중계 was on the mound, the first batter, Rojas, hit a double to the right field, and against the replacement pitcher, Brian Abreu, Crawford hit a ground ball to the shortstop, with one out and runners on third base. Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly and narrowly avoided a scoreless loss.
Toronto, with Ryu Hyun-jin, is smiling for two days in a row in the American League wild card race. As Seattle has lost four straight games, competing for the American League wild card does not seem easy.
On the 25th, Toronto defeated Tampa Bay 9-5. On the other hand, all of Toronto's competing teams lost. Houston lost 5-6 to Kansas City, and Seattle was caught by Texas.
There was no game in Toronto on this day, and the wild card competing teams faced each other. Houston laughed, and Seattle bowed its head. Houston broke its losing streak, but Seattle's losing streak got longer.
Toronto is ahead of wild card third place Houston by 1.5 games. Seattle, ranked 4th in the wild card, is ahead by 3 games. Seattle is in 4th place, 1.5 games behind Houston. If Seattle slips like this, Toronto can't help but here be happy. Wild cards are given a ticket to the postseason up to 3rd place.
Toronto has six games left in the regular season. After the three-game series with the Yankees ends, it continues with a three-game series with Tampa Bay. It's a tough schedule, but if Houston catches Seattle like it did today for third place, Toronto and Ryu Hyun-jin can win tickets to fall baseball. Seattle ends the season with a four-game series against Texas, ranked first in the West, following a three-game series with Houston.