Red-hot Mariners finally cool off in loss to Astros

1 of 14 Seattle right fielder Mitch Haniger lays out in pursuit of the Brian McCann hit in the top of the 7th. Haniger got to the ball, but the impact with the ground caused him to drop the ball, and three runs would... (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times) MoreIt was ultimately Seattle’s inability to lay a hand on Houston pitching most of the night that proved the difference in a 5-2 loss to the Astros that snapped the Mariners’ season-high six-game winning streak.

But it was a play on which Mitch Haniger couldn’t quite keep his glove on a drive by Houston’s Brian McCann in the seventh inning that best typified a game that never really seemed in Seattle’s grasp against the team with the best…