Yusei Kikuchi pitched one-hit ball over seven shutout innings to earn his first win of the season on Thursday as the Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 1-0 to snap a four-game skid.In his fifth start of the season, Kikuchi (1-1) flirted with a no-hitter against the American League's highest-scoring offense at Minute Maid Park until he allowed a double to Carlos Correa with one out in the seventh inning.The lefty, who had only let Houston reach on walks in the first and third inning, struck out seven in a 95-pitch effort with his cutter bamboozling opposing batters."I've managed to wor…READ FULL ARTICLE
