Post-Game Notes

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HOUSTON ASTROS 6 (48-96), SEATTLE MARINERS 4 (65-79)

Monday, September 9, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL Houston Astros Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 7:10 pm 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Time of Game: 3:23 5 0 0 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 Temp: 73/ E @ 4 MPH 9 4 1 R H E LOB 6 8 1 7 4 5 3 8 Attendance: 9,808

WP: Kevin Chapman (1-1, 2.19) LP: Danny Farquhar (0-3, 4.71) SV: Josh Fields (4)
HOME RUNS: Abraham Almonte (SEA) Brad Miller (SEA) PITCHING LINES: HOUSTON Jarred Cosart Josh Zeid Chia-Jen Lo Kevin Chapman (W) Josh Fields (SV) SEATTLE Taijuan Walker Chance Ruffin Lucas Luetge Carter Capps Charlie Furbush Danny Farquhar (L) Bobby LaFromboise NO. 1 6 PITCHER Chia-Jen Lo Josh Fields INN. 7 9 MOB 1 0 OUT 1 1 COUNT 2-2 2-2 DISTANCE/FIELD 374/RF 355/RF

IP 5.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 IP 5.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

H 2 0 2 0 1 H 5 0 0 0 0 2 1

R 1 0 2 0 1 R 2 0 0 0 0 4 0

ER 0 0 2 0 1 ER 2 0 0 0 0 3 0

BB-I 6-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 BB-I 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0

SO 3 0 1 1 0 SO 8 1 1 0 1 1 0

HR 0 0 1 0 1 HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WP 0 0 0 0 0 WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HB 0 0 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BK 0 0 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 91/48 20/9 14/11 17/8 20/16 PITCHES/STRIKES 84/57 8/7 11/7 13/6 5/4 26/15 11/7

ASTROS NOTES: Kevin Chapman recorded his first career winhas not allowed an earned run in 9 road appearances (6.0 IP). The Astros are now 3-82 this season when trailing after 8 innings. Jarred Cosart took a no-decision, allowing 1 run (0 earned runs) on 2 hits with 3 strikeouts and 6 walks in 5.0 innings. o Lowered his season ERA to 1.95 (13 ER, 60.0 IP), which is the lowest ERA in the AL among starters since July 12 (Cosarts MLB debut). o Entered the game averaging 2.29 runs of support per game, which is second-lowest on the Astros staff (Philip Humber: 0.80 in 7 starts). o Allowed a career-high 6 walks. Jose Altuve (3x5, R, 2B) extended his hitting streak to 6 games, since 9/4, batting .423 (11x26) with 4 runs scored, 3 doubles, and 3 RBI during that span. o Recorded his 39th multi-hit game of the season (2-hit games: 27, 3-hit games: 10, 4-hit games: 2). Trevor Crowe (2x5, 2B, RBI) has hit safely in 8 of his past 9 games, since 9/1, batting .350 (14x40) with 4 runs scored, 5 doubles, and 5 RBI during that span. MARINERS NOTES: Abraham Almonte (2x5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) hit his first career home run to right-field in the 7th inning off Chia-Jen Lo. o Has hit safely in 8 of 10 games since being selected from AAA-Tacoma on August 30. During that span, Almonte is batting .258 (8x31) with 6 runs scored, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 5 RBI, and 3 walks. o Recorded his first career multi-hit game. Taijuan Walker took a no-decision, allowing two earned runs on 5 hits with 8 strikeouts and 1 walk in 5.0 innings. o Became the 6th pticher in Mariners history to record 8 or more strikeouts in one of the first three starts of a career (last: Felix Hernandez, 8/15/05 vs. KC). o Retired the last 9 batters he faced (5 of the 9 outs came via strikeout)recorded 4 straight strikeouts from the 3rd out of the 3rd inning through the end of the 4th inning. Brad Miller (2x5, 2 R, HR, RBI) hit his first home run since August 21 at Tampa Bay. Danny Farquhar recorded his first blown save since August 14 at Tampa Bayfirst loss since August 27 vs. Texas. Kyle Seager (0x2, 3 BB) recorded his first career 3-walk game. NEXT GAME Dustin Ackley (0x1, 3 BB) recorded his second career 3-walk game (also: 5/15 at NYY). Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports) RHP Jordan Lyles (6-7, 5.08) vs. LHP Joe Saunders (11-13, 4.95)

Post-Game Quotes
ASTROS MANAGER BO PORTER: That was only the third time this season youve rallied after trailing after 8 innings. How improbable was that from your end? It was good to see, just the quality of the at-bats there in that 9th inning, from the two walks to the base hits by Jimmy and by Villar. We strung together good at-bat after good at-bat. That was really good to see, and the baserunning was outstanding as well. Was it good to see Paredes get going? Yes, it was real good to see him get a big hit there. Like Ive said, hes played well in AAA. Were hoping that it translates here at the big league level.