SEATTLE—Bryan Woo pitched seven strong innings, and the Seattle Mariners capitalized on two hit batters in the sixth to score twice and beat the San Francisco Giants 4–3 on Sunday.
The game was tied 2–2 when Giants reliever Sean Hjelle (3–4) hit Randy Arozarena with a pitch leading off the sixth. Justin Turner singled and Jorge Polanco was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Arozarena scored when Mitch Haniger hit into a double play, and Josh Rojas greeted reliever Taylor Rogers with a single to drive in another run and make it 4–2.
The Mariners got their first series win since sweeping the New York Mets on Aug. 11, and the first of Dan Wilson’s managerial career. They had fired longtime Manager Scott Servais after concluding a 1–8 road trip last week and badly needed a series victory.
“It was a big, big weekend for us,” catcher Cal Raleigh said. “We needed that, and I think the boys are pretty happy.”
Woo (6–2) allowed a two-run home run to Heliot Ramos in the first inning, but retired the next eight batters, and 12 of the next 13.
Woo, a Bay Area native who attended Alameda High School, gave up three singles over the next six innings, but didn’t allow another runner to reach second base. He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits, with no walks and seven strikeouts.
“Bryan Woo was tremendous today,” Wilson said. “The homer in the first inning, you know, I think when you try to get to good pitchers, you try to get to them early, and they were able to get him that one time early. But after that, wow. That was special.”
Woo has pitched into the seventh inning in five straight starts. He has a 1.59 earned-run average, with 31 strikeouts and three walks, over 34 innings in that span.
“It’s kind of opened up a new, maybe, part of my game,“ Woo said. ”... I think I’ve always tried to be that guy of getting late into ballgames, and being able to find that, as of recently, has been awesome.”
Raleigh drove in Seattle’s first run with an RBI single off Giants’ starter Robbie Ray in the bottom of the first. Ray didn’t allow another hit, but was removed from the game with left-hamstring tightness prior to the fourth inning, with Hjelle coming on in relief.
Ray struck out four and walked three over three innings.
Julio Rodríguez tied the game at 2–2 when he drove in Rojas on a fielder’s choice grounder in the fifth inning.
Rookie Grant McCray hit a solo homer for the Giants off Collin Snider in the eighth.
Andrés Muñoz pitched the ninth for his 19th save in the 2,000th regular-season game in T-Mobile Park history, which opened on July 15, 1999.
Trainer’s Room
Mariners: Outfielder Victor Robles remains day-to-day after bruising his right index finger Saturday … Shortstop J.P. Crawford (hand) went 0-for-3 in a minor-league rehab appearance at Triple-A Tacoma, Wash., on Saturday, and could be back in the Mariners’ lineup early next week, Wilson said… Outfielder Luke Raley was a late scratch from the lineup with flu-like symptoms.Up Next
Giants: Right-hander Logan Webb (11–8, 3.13) is set to pitch Tuesday in Milwaukee against Brewers right-hander Tobias Myers (6–5, 2.87).Mariners: Right-hander Bryce Miller (9–7, 3.32) is the scheduled starter Monday against visiting Tampa Bay and right-hander Ryan Pepiot (7–5, 3.65).
