It is the first time in 21 years that we have won the district championship. Seattle wins 40 home runs with four hits on the first day of a three-game series
Sep 20, 2025
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Seattle won 4-0 in an away game against Houston on the 20th (Korea Standard Time) with four solo home runs and a scoreless pitching by pitchers including starter Bryan Woo.
Until the previous day, they tied for the lead with 84 wins and 69 losses. It was a three-game series between the two teams, which were tied with 5 wins and 5 losses, and they had no choice but to be in trouble.
Seattle, which aims to win the district championship for the first time in 24 years since 2001, and Houston, which is trying to win the district championship for the eighth time in the last nine years. Seattle's Brian and Houston's Hunter Brown faced off on the first day.
Seattle scored the first run in the top of the first inning. After two outs, No. 3 Julio Rodriguez rolled up a 96.5-mile (about 155km) fastball that came toward his body from a 2B advantageous count and hit a solo shot over the left fence.
Seattle created a chance with one out and runners on first and second base with a hit and a walk in the top of the third inning, but Rodriguez, who hit a home run in the first inning, was caught on a fly to center field, and Josh Naylor, the fourth, failed to score additional points as he grounded out in front of the shortstop.
Seattle's additional score came in the top of the fourth inning at a time when Brian Woo was blocking well with no hits and no runs until the third inning. Eugenio Suarez hit a solo shot over the left fence after one loss. At the ball count of 2B2S, he rolled up a low on-knuckle curve of 83.6 miles (about 135 km) on the sixth pitch and over the left fence. It was his 47th home run of the season.
Houston got its first chance in the bottom of the fourth inning. After one out, Carlos Correa doubled and Isaac Paredis walked to make it to first and second base. However, Jose Altuve and Jacques Cole struck out consecutive swings and misses and went scoreless.
Seattle starter Brian Wu gave up just one hit and one walk in five innings, struck out seven, and completely blocked Houston's batters with no runs. 67 pitches. However, a crisis came to Seattle in the bottom of the sixth inning when he suddenly felt pain in his chest while pitching practice.
But Seattle's bullpen also hit an iron wall. Edouard Bazardo stopped two innings with no hits, two strikeouts and no runs, Matt Brash allowed one hit in the eighth inning, and Andres Munoz allowed one hit in the ninth inning and kept the win.
Seattle hitters also lightened the bullpen's shoulders by scoring additional points.
In the top of the seventh inning, Victor Robles beat Houston's second pitcher N.L. de Los Santos and hit another solo shot to the left. In the unfavorable count of 1B2S, an 88.8-mile slider (about 143km) was driven to the center, and he hit it as it was to make a home run. The first home run of the season came in this important game.
In the top of the eighth inning, Josh Naylor hit a superior solo shot from third pitcher Craig Kimbrel. It's the 20th season.
Making it 4-0 with four home runs, he showed a clear power advantage in the lineup, and the mound was also ahead by one game with four pitchers allowing only three hits to Houston and striking out as many as 11.
Can Seattle win the West Division for the first time in 24 years.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
