The Latest Breaking News from Penn Murfee

SEATTLE — With each failed plate appearance and squandered scoring opportunity, particularly when only one run would’ve stopped the eventual marathon of pitches, outs and scoreless innings, the Mariners were allowing the potent bats of the Astros top hitters, held silent for longer than reasonably expected, opportunity after opportunity to…

SEATTLE — The Mariners didn’t just survive their 20-game gauntlet out of the All-Star break that featured 13 games against the Yankees and Astros, they punctuated it in style.

HOUSTON — Maybe it’s presumptive to think of it as a potential problem since planning for postseason pitching hasn’t really been a consideration since Lou Piniella was still wearing a uniform and gas was around $1.65 a gallon.

SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners starter Marco Gonzales had pitched one solid game after another in recent weeks with not a lot to show for it because the Mariners weren’t scoring many runs.