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Seattle Mariners shut out by Adrian Houser, White Sox in 1-0 loss

By Jay Cohen
Published  May 20, 2025 9:58pm PDT
Seattle Mariners
Associated Press
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 20: Dylan Moore #25 of the Seattle Mariners walks away after striking out in the third inning against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on May 20, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Geoff Stellfox / Getty Images)

The Brief

    • Adrian Houser allowed just two hits and three walks over six shutout innings in his first MLB start in over a year, snapping the Mariners four-game winning streak.
    • Seattle managed just four hits and four walks overall, and was unable to come through with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.
    • Joshua Palacios' RBI single in the third inning scored Chase Meidroth for the only run of the game.

CHICAGO - Adrian Houser pitched six sparkling innings in his first major league start in a year, and the Chicago White Sox cooled off the Seattle Mariners with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday night.

Houser allowed two hits and walked three in his first win since May 26 for the New York Mets against San Francisco. The veteran right-hander threw 90 pitches, 56 for strikes.

The 32-year-old Houser (1-0) signed a $1.35 million, one-year contract with Chicago earlier in the day. He went 2-2 with a 5.03 ERA in nine games with Triple-A Round Rock before he was released by Texas on Thursday.

Chase Meidroth, Joshua Palacios and Lenyn Sosa each had two hits for the last-place White Sox, who had lost five in a row.

Seattle dropped to 4-1 on a 10-game trip. The AL West leaders have allowed one run in each of their last five games.

The start of the game was delayed for 1 hour, 35 minutes because of rain. There was more precipitation in the final innings.

Seattle threatened in the eighth, loading the bases with one out. But Cam Booser escaped the jam by striking out pinch-hitter Mitch Garver and retiring Julio Rodríguez on a flyball to center.

Rodríguez hit a grand slam off Booser in the eighth inning of the Mariners' 5-1 victory on Monday night in the series opener.

Jordan Leasure handled the ninth for his first save of the season.

Chicago scored its only run in the third. Meidroth singled, swiped second and scampered home on Palacios' grounder into right field.

Miguel Vargas followed with another single off Casey Lawrence (1-2), but Luis Robert Jr. bounced into an inning-ending double play.

Key moment

Donovan Solano hit a two-out double for Seattle in the ninth. But Leasure fanned Leody Taveras for the final out.

Key stat

Meidroth is batting .419 (13 for 31) during an eight-game hitting streak.

Up next

Mariners right-hander Logan Evans (2-1, 2.57 ERA) and White Sox right-hander Shane Smith (1-3, 2.05 ERA) pitch on Wednesday in the series finale.

The Source: Information in this story came from The Associated Press.

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