SEATTLE — It doesn’t happen often, and it had yet to happen this season, but Saturday night Luis Castillo wasn’t the dominant, unhittable force that he’d been in his four previous starts this season. It won’t be the last time it happens this season.
But after providing their staff ace with three runs or less in three of his four starts this season, the Seattle Mariners offense picked him up when he needed it.
Down two runs going into the sixth inning, Teoscar Hernandez homered for the second consecutive game, tying the game with a two-run homer. An inning later, Eugenio Suarez gave the Mariners their first and only lead of the game, lacing a two-out, two-run single in what would be a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
