HOUSTON– Logan Gilbert pitched eight dominant innings, Luis Urías and Cal Raleigh scored and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Houston Astros 5-0 on Saturday night.
Gilbert (3-0) allowed two hits and four walks and struck out six. He has allowed two runs or fewer in six of his seven starts.
“It feels good and helps me catch my breath,” Gilbert said of the race support. “It gives me a lot of confidence to fill it. It gives me the freedom to do what I want and just try to maintain the momentum that they’ve already built.”
The right-hander retired 16 of 17 at one point. He was also assisted by three double plays.
“He was super aggressive,” Seattle coach Scott Servais said. “He was in the attacking zone. This is a good fastball hitting team, and you know you’re going to have to mix up your secondary pitches, but you have to get them over the plate. You have to land them. I thought about his slider, curveball, splitter at times tonight. Just excellent command of those pitches in the zone when they need to be and out of the zone to get some chase.
Servais said “it was probably the most complete game we played all year.”
“What Logan did was fantastic,” Servais said. “Logan is on the rise. He’s as good as we’ve seen him at any time. He continues to make adjustments throughout the game. He and Cal did a great job against that lineup tonight.
Urías hit a solo home run to center to lead off the fifth, and Raleigh added a two-run shot to left center in the sixth. Mitch Garver had an RBI double in the fourth, and Ty France scored on Raleigh’s double play in the second.
Astros starter Framber Valdez (1-1) allowed five runs on nine hits with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed three runs or less in each of his previous three starts.
“I thought he threw the ball well,” Houston coach Joe Espada said. “He caught some ground balls. His stuff looked really good. I think he made his presentations when he needed to. I think the story is that we weren’t able to do much offensively.”
Yordan Alvarez had two singles in the field, and Jeremy Peña scored Houston’s only hits.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: RHP Cristian Javier (neck discomfort) allowed three runs on three hits with three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings Saturday, throwing 68 pitches in a rehab start with Double-A Corpus Christi. … RHP Lance McCullers (right elbow surgery) pitched from the top of the mound Saturday, Espada said. … RHP José Urquidy (right forearm strain) is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session Sunday. … OF Chas McCormick (right hamstring) ran Saturday, Espada said, adding that he will hopefully run more on Sunday before taking batting practice and heading out for a rehab assignment “soon.”
NEXT
Houston RHP Hunter Brown (0-4, 9.78 ERA) was scheduled to face Seattle RHP Bryce Miller (3-2, 2.04 ERA) on Sunday in the finale of the three-game series.
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