Bryan Woo made history tonight, becoming the first Mariner to ever go 21 consecutive starts of six innings or more, passing Hall of Famer Randy Johnson.
Unfortunately, that would be all there would be to celebrate from Woo’s night after another frustrating loss where the Mariners flailed against the A’s starter Jeffrey Springs for six innings, mustering up four runs—again, all on homers—but ultimately falling just short.
It seemed like things would go differently from the jump. The Mariners got on the board first, with Julio paying homage to his mentor Ichiro Suzuki with this home run, tying Julio and Ichiro at 99 in the Mariners’ record books:
But the A’s wold strike right back in the bottom of the inning with two outs.