Mariners 3-1 Braves (May 6, 2026) Game Recap
SEATTLE — — Bryan Woo tied his season greatest with 9 strikeouts in six scoreless innings, Julio Rodríguez homered, and the Seattle Mariners beat Atlanta 3-1 on Wednesday handy the Braves their first sequence lack of the season.
Atlanta had received eight consecutive sequence and was 10-0-1 this season. The Braves turned simply the fifth group within the Wild Card period (since 1995) to go unbeaten in not less than 11 straight sequence to open a season, becoming a member of the LA Dodgers (2020, 13 sequence), Arizona (2018, 12), Baltimore (1997, 14) and Philadelphia (1995, 12).
Woo (1-2) allowed one hit, walked two and threw a season-high 98 pitches, 66 strikes. José A. Ferrer pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.
Cole Young went 3 for 4 with two doubles and an RBI. Johnny Pereda it was 2 for two.
Pereda led off the third with a single, Leo Rivas doubled and JP Crawford walked to load the bases earlier than Pereda opened the scoring when Cal Raleigh grounded right into a 6-4-3 double play.
Rodríguez hit a 436-foot shot to center area that made it 2-0 within the sixth.
Braves starter Martín Pérez (2-2) gave up two runs and 5 hits and had 5 strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
seattle aid Eduard Bazardo got here on to start out the eighth inning and gave up back-to-back singles to Mike Yastrzemski and Sean Murphywho was changed by pinch-runner Jorge Mateo. Yastrzemski scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Dominic Smith to make it a one-run sport.
After a Seattle problem and replay evaluation, Bazardo picked off Mateo at first earlier than Drake Baldwin singled and Ozzie Albies struck out to finish the inning.
Both groups are off Thursday. Braves LHP Chris Sale (6-1, 2.14) pitches Friday in opposition to Dodgers RHP Emmett Sheehan (2-1, 5.23) to kickoff a three-game sequence in Los Angeles. Mariners RHP Emerson Hancock (2-1, 2.59 ERA) begins Friday in opposition to White Sox RHP Sean Burke (2-2, 2.72) in Chicago to open a three-game set.
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