After throwing five scoreless innings vs. the Astros on Friday night, Mariners starter Bryan Woo made a few awkward warm-up tosses before exiting with trainers.

No matter how the next 10 days play out, the story of the Astros' season will remain focused on the absurd amount of injuries they've endured. According to Baseball Prospectus' numbers, the Astros are one of just two teams to lose more than 2,000 player games to the IL this season -- the other club being the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“Source: Isaac Paredes is expected to be reinstated from the IL tonight by the Astros and be available for the huge series against the Mariners,” he reported. “He was hitting .259/.359/.470 with a team-high 19 HRs and 50 RBIs in 94 games before straining his hamstring July 19 in Seattle.”

The Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros are deadlocked at the top of the American League West in what is shaping up to be the most competitive division race in

The Mariners likely wouldn’t have come into the series tied with the Astros for first place in the AL West if Polanco hadn’t decided to come back to Seattle.

Alvarez has also proven to be a playoff riser in his career, playing a crucial part in Houston’s deep postseason runs since his MLB debut in 2019. He took home ALCS MVP in 2021 and had many memorable moments when he helped the Astros win the World Series the following year in 2022.

Seattle Mariners starter Bryan Woo left Friday's game after throwing warmup pitches before the bottom of the sixth inning.

Luis Castillo pitched six shutout innings and the bullpen did the rest of the work, as the Mariners take two out of three from the Kansas City Royals