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Astros 9, Mariners 2: Al(2)ve’s Return

With a home crowd of 29,512 on hand at Daikin Park, Lance McCullers Jr. took the hill for his turn in the rotation. The interloping Seattle Mariners, led by the return of George Kirby, would try to touch LMJ early.

There’s that LMJ strut ‍ pic.twitter.com/nhqdRHc92B

— SleeperAstros (@SleeperAstros) May 23, 2025

And LMJ was touched, early and often. Even though he allowed eight baserunners in 4 13 innings, only two of them scored, and he collected eight strikeouts in the interim.