{"id":597134,"date":"2026-04-11T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597134\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:53:09","slug":"randy-arozarena-hits-1st-home-run-of-season-seattle-mariners-end-5-game-skid-with-win-against-houston-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597134\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Arozarena hits 1st home run of season, Seattle Mariners end 5-game skid with win against Houston Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Randy Arozarena<\/a> hit his first home run of the season and drove in three runs as the Seattle Mariners<\/a> beat the Houston Astros<\/a> 9-6 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

Houston, meanwhile, dropped its fifth straight game and sixth out of seven. <\/p>\n

With the game tied 3-3 in the fifth inning, Arozarena turned on an elevated fastball from Houston reliever Ryan Weiss (0-1) and hit it to left field for a two-run shot. It traveled 426 feet, and was Arozarena\u2019s first regular-season home run since Sept. 9.<\/p>\n

Seattle increased its advantage with a four-run seventh inning, which included a run-scoring double by Dominic Canzone<\/a> and an RBI single by J.P. Crawford<\/a>. It was the first run Crawford drove in this season after starting the year injured. <\/p>\n

The Mariners took their first lead of the game in the opening inning as Astros starter Tatsuya Imai struggled to find the strike zone. Imai, who signed a three-year, $54 million contract this offseason after spending eight seasons with the Pacific League\u2019s Seibu Lions, made it through just one-third of an inning against Seattle. <\/p>\n

Houston had two big innings against Mariners starter Emerson Hancock<\/a> (2-1) and the rest of Seattle\u2019s bullpen. Astros catcher Christian V\u00e1zquez, who slotted into the No. 9 hole in the lineup, hit a two-out, bases-loaded double off Hancock that scored three runs. Left fielder Yordan Alvarez<\/a> added a three-run home run in the eighth inning off right-hander Cole Wilcox<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Mariners closer Andr\u00e9s Mu\u00f1oz walked two hitters and allowed the tying run to come to the plate, but induced a game-ending groundout by Astros shortstop Jeremy Pe\u00f1a to secure his first save of the season. <\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Mariners RHP Luis Castillo<\/a> (0-0, 2.79 ERA) faces Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr.<\/a> (1-0, 3.27) on Saturday in the second game of the four-game series. <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/p>\n

Andrew Destin, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Randy Arozarena hit his first home run of the season and drove in three runs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-597134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}