Dominican pitcher Luis Castillo had a quality debut with the Mariners and received the offensive support of Venezuelan Eugenio Suárez and his compatriot Carlos Santana so that the Seattle team beat the New York Yankees 3-7 on Wednesday .
Castillo (5-4), who was acquired by the Mariners in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds in the major league trade period, pitched 6.2 three-run innings and struck out eight batters to achieve victory.
For Castillo, this was his sixth consecutive appearance in which he pitched six or more innings of three runs or less, meeting the quality standards established for starting pitchers in the Big leagues.
The Mariners gave no respite to Yankees star Gerrit Cole (9-4), who they attacked with three homers and six runs in six innings of eight strikeouts, taking the loss.
Suárez opened the scoring for the Mariners with his home run of the season, the product of three runs in the first inning.
Santana followed the Venezuelan third baseman with his tenth homer of the season to extend the advantage of the Mariners (0-4) in that first episode.
Jarred Kelenic was in charge of adding two more laps in that first chapter, by depositing the ball behind the wall for his fourth four-corner stick of the year.
Shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit an RBI single in the bottom of the second to put the Yankees in the score (1-6).
Jesse Winker was responsible for returning the advantage of six runs (1-7) to the Mariners, hitting a solo home run, his tenth of the current contest, in the seventh inning.
Kyle Higashioka (6) punished Catillo with a two-run homer in the bottom of that seventh inning, but this was not enough for the Yankees to come back in the game.
For the Mariners, Suárez hit a home run in four at-bats, scored one lap and drove in three runs; and Santana had a home run and a single, scored one and drove in a run in four appearances with the wood.
For the Yankees, Higashioka went 2-3, with one run and two RBIs.
You may be interested in:
Redemption: Dominican Luis Castillo’s pitching gem
Dominican Luis Castillo had a nightmare on Opening Day
David Ortiz joins the sale of cannabis: how much is his product line worth?