SEATTLE — Justin Verlander The major league’s first winner of 13 games, striking out nine runs and reaching a top speed of 99 mph in the final inning to take the lead. Houston Astros The Seattle Mariners Saturday: 3-1
Verlander, 39 (13-3), allowed four hits in seven innings and won his fifth consecutive start. This lowered his ERA to 1.86, which is second in the American League. Shane McClanahanTampa Bay is 1.71
Verlander, who missed last year’s season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, averaged 96.3 MPH with his fastball, which was 1.4 MPH higher than his season average.
He retired from public life 15 times between Adam FrazierThe second-inning single by Carlos SantanaIt was’s ninth homer, cutting the lead to 2 in the 7th. Seattle loaded bases with walks Eugenio Suarez As a pinch-hitter Kyle Lewis Around Frazier’s single and Verlander striking out No. 9 hitter Sam Haggerty On his 101st pitch and final pitch, he was at 97.4 mph.
According to ESPN Stats & Information research, Verlander became the fourth Astros player age 39 or older to throw a shutout, joining Nolan Ryan, who did it at 41; Joe Niekro, who did it twice, at 39 and at 40; and Robin Roberts, who did it at 39.
In seven of eight of his previous eight starts, Verlander allowed no earned runs. Verlander has also had three consecutive starts with at minimum eight strikeouts. This makes him the oldest person to achieve this feat since Randy Johnson, 44, did it in 2008 in three consecutive starts.
Kyle Tucker And Yuli Gurriel To help the Astros win their fourth consecutive victory, they hit RBI doubles for the fourth. Seattle lost its second straight game after a 14-game winning streak.
Houston is now 27-9 since June 12. This ends the Mariners’ 8-year-old winning streak.
This report was compiled by the Associated Press.