Post-Game Notes

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HOUSTON ASTROS 0 (1-6) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS 3 (4-4)

Monday, April 8, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Time of Game: 2:40 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Temp: 56/W @ 2mph R H E LOB 0 7 1 7 3 5 0 5 Attendance: 42,589

Houston Astros Seattle Mariners

First Pitch: 7:12 pm

WP: Joe Saunders (1-1, 3.48 ERA) LP: Philip Humber (0-2, 3.09 ERA) SV: Tom Wilhelmsen (3) HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE

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PITCHING LINES: HOUSTON Philip Humber (L) Wesley Wright Rhiner Cruz SEATTLE Joe Saunders (W) Carter Capps Charlie Furbush Tom Wilhelmsen (S) IP 6.0 1.0 1.0 IP 6.1 1.1 0.1 1.0 H 5 0 0 H 5 1 0 0 R 3 0 0 R 0 0 0 0 ER 3 0 0 ER 0 0 0 0 BB-I 1-0 0-0 0-0 BB-I 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 SO 2 0 1 SO 5 2 1 0 HR 0 0 0 HR 0 0 0 0 WP 1 0 1 WP 0 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 0 PITCHES/STRIKES 86/56 16/9 15/11 PITCHES/STRIKES 91/57 13/12 6/3 12/8

ASTROS NOTES: CF Justin Maxwell went 1x4, extending his hitting streak to 5 gamesduring the streak he is batting .368 (7x19) with 3 runs scored, 1 double and 1 walk. Philip Humber recorded his first career loss vs. the Mariners, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits in 6.0 innings of workin his career Humber is 2-1 with a 2.32 ERA (8 ER, 31.0 IP) in 5 games/4 starts opposite the Marinershe has given up just 5 earned runs in 22.0 innings (2.05 ERA) in 3 career starts at Safeco Field. Jose Altuve went 0x4, snapping his on-base streak at 6 gameshe is currently batting .286 (8x28) with 1 double, 2 RBI and 2 walks in his first 7 games this season. The Astros were shutout for the 3rd time this season (last: 4/3 vs. TEX). MARINERS NOTES: With the win, the Mariners are now 22-15 (.595) all-time in the first home game of the season, snapping a 3-game losing streak in home openers. This was the second Mariners shutout of the year and first since April 1 at Oakland. Tonights shutout marks the third time the Mariners have shutout an opponent in a home openeralso: 4/2/07 vs. Oakland (4-0) and 4/8/03 vs. ANA (5-0). DH Kendrys Morales extended his hitting streak to 4 games with 3 multi-hit contestsduring the streak he is batting .500 (8x16) with 1 run scored, 3 doubles, 1 home run and 5 RBItonight marked his 2nd multi-RBI game of the season (also: 4/5 at CWS). With the win, Joe Saunders improves to a (7-0) record with a 1.91 ERA in 10 starts at Safeco Field (13 ER, 61.1 IP)amongst pitchers with at least 6 career starts at Safeco Field, he is tied with Joe Blanton (5-0) and Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-0) with the highest winning percentage. Dating back to August 18, 2012, Michael Saunders has hit safely in 13 of his last 19 games at Safeco Field with 7 multi-hit gamesduring this stretch he is batting .310 (22x71) with 15 runs scored, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 6 home runs and 13 RBI. LF Michael Morse went 0x4, snapping his hitting streak at 6 gamesduring the streak he hit .310 (9x29) with 5 runs scored, 5 home runs and 8 RBIhe is the first Mariners player to hit in first 7 consecutive games since 2010 when Franklin Gutierrez opened the season with a hit in each of the Mariners first 8 games.

NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros - Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports) LHP Erik Bedard (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Brandon Maurer (0-1, 9.00)

Post-Game Quotes
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ASTROS MANAGER BO PORTER: I know for sure we are a much better offensive club than which weve displayed here early on in the year and we have complete confidence that these guys will hit. When it happens, were going to see some crooked numbers going on here. Its the entire lineup. I wouldnt center on any one aspect of the lineup, its a collective group effort to keep the line moving; the next guy do his job and the next guy and the next guy and the next. I dont think we wasted it [starting pitching performance] because those guys [the starting pitchers] are gaining confidence as they go along as the season continues to progress. We knew it was an area that we wanted to upgrade in. Those guys have done a tremendous job of keeping us in ballgames and pitching well, and we want that to continue. Offensively, we just need things to come around.