Bryan Woo Dominates, Three Homers Seal Series Win: Mariners Look Like the Team We Thought They'd Be

It was a perfect Sunday at T-Mobile Park, and for once, the Mariners looked like they belonged in the conversation. Three home runs and a dominant Bryan Woo performance added up to a 5-2 win over the Rangers, and Seattle grabbed their second series win of the season in the process. Sometimes all it takes is a little sunshine and some warm-weather baseball to remind you why you fell in love with this team.

Woo Was on Another Level

Bryan Woo took the ball and did what he's been doing all season against Texas: he dominated. Seven innings, two runs on four hits, one walk, six strikeouts. The kid picked up his first win and made it look easy for six straight innings, retiring 16 Rangers in a row after Brandon Nimmo's leadoff single to start the game. That's the kind of performance that makes you sit back and wonder what this rotation could do when it's firing.

The seventh inning got messy, sure. A walk to Corey Seager followed by a single from Wyatt Langford put runners in scoring position. Woo struck out Jake Burger but hit Joc Pederson to load the bases. Josh Jung drove in a run with a sac fly, and Evan Carter doubled into the right field corner to score another. But when it mattered most, Woo got Josh Smith to ground out and end the threat. He came off the mound screaming into his glove, frustrated but victorious, while 35,474 fans gave him a standing ovation. That's earned.

In his last five starts against the Rangers, Woo is 3-1 with a 1.15 ERA, allowing just four earned runs over 31 and a third innings with 32 strikeouts against six walks. Those are Cy Young numbers.

Three Swings That Changed Everything

Rob Refsnyder got things rolling immediately against MacKenzie Gore, a lefty who's owned the Mariners lately. He hammered Gore's first pitch, a 96-mph fastball, over the wall in left for his first hit as a Mariner. That was only the second run Gore had allowed against Seattle in four starts.

J.P. Crawford made it 3-0 in the second, yanking a curveball over the wall for a two-run shot. Then Randy Arozarena put the game on ice with a two-run homer off the foul pole in left field to extend it to 5-0. Three swings, three homers, game over.

Andrés Muñoz recorded the final out for the second straight day, picking up the save and setting up the kind of postgame handshake line that reminds you why you show up to the ballpark.

Next up: The Mariners keep the momentum rolling. This is the team Seattle expected to see all season.

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