Julio Rodriguez established a big league checklist for hits over 4 video games whilst the Seattle Mariners many times delivered with two outs en path to their 10-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.
The leadoff batter, Rodriguez singled, stole 2nd base and scored on Eugenio Suarez’s unmarried within the first inning because the Mariners started to pound on scuffling Astros ace Framber Valdez.
Rodriguez added singles within the fourth, 6th and 8th innings to extend his general to a big league-record 17 hits during the last 4 video games. Milt Inventory held the former mark with 16 hits over a four-game stretch for the Brooklyn Robins in 1925. Rodriguez completed 4-for-6 with two runs on Saturday.
Seattle progressed to 13-3 over its final 16 video games and clinched its 7th consecutive street collection.
The Mariners, who clinched the season collection with Houston, initiated their two-out rampage in the second one when Cade Marlowe adopted a two-out unmarried by way of Jose Caballero with a run-scoring triple to right-center box that doubled the result in 2-0.
As he did in the second one, Valdez retired the primary two batters of the 3rd inning with out incident earlier than stumbling once more.
5 consecutive Mariners reached with two outs within the 3rd as Ty France scored after Teoscar Hernandez doubled and Astros middle fielder Jake Meyers fumbled the ball. Cal Raleigh added an RBI unmarried and Valdez wanted a strikeout of Marlowe to strand the bases complete.
Valdez (9-9) got here undone within the 5th when he allowed a two-out, two-run homer to Dylan Moore that plated France and prolonged the Seattle result in 6-2. Valdez plunked Caballero with the primary pitch of the following at-bat and each dugouts and bullpens cleared after Caballero protested.
Excluding his no-hitter towards the Cleveland Guardians on Aug. 1, Valdez has been mired in a longer stoop. He fell to 2-4 with a 5.82 ERA over his final 9 begins after surrendering six runs on 10 hits and two walks with 5 strikeouts over 5 innings.
The Astros controlled two solo house runs off Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert (11-5), who allowed 8 hits and one stroll with 3 strikeouts over six robust innings.
Alex Bregman and Yainer Diaz recorded their twentieth and seventeenth homers, respectively, within the 3rd and fourth. Mauricio Dubon homered within the 9th.
Hernandez added a two-run double for Seattle with two outs within the 8th. Moore homered once more within the 9th earlier than Sam Haggerty clubbed his first homer with two outs within the inning.
—Box Degree Media
