J.P. Crawford's Walk-Off Leads Seattle Mariners to 8-7 Win Over Houston Astros
The Mariners scored six unanswered runs to secure their second-straight win against their American League West rivals
Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson speaks to the media following an 8-7 win against the Houston Astros on Saturday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. SEATTLE — With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth Saturday at T-Mobile Park, Seattle Mariners shortstop J. P.
Crawford has done what he's done so many times before: he came through. With the bases loaded and one out, the longest-tenured player on the Mariners roster hit a walk-off RBI single to left field on an 0-2 count to give Seattle (6-9) an 8-7 win over the Houston Astros. "(Crawford's) there for the big moments.
No question," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Saturday. "And tonight was another big moment for him. You kind of saw the frustration in the one-strike swing.
He fouled it off. But you knew he was right on it and you knew he could see it and he was in a good spot. I just thought the swing he put on it, the at-bat in general, was just awesome.
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