Mariners' Bryan Woo roughed up early in loss to Royals

Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times on May 2, 2026

Published in Baseball

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SEATTLE — One clunker is an outlier, particularly given his consistency displayed since about the middle of the 2024 season.

But back-to-back outings where hitters are hitting lasers and long balls off him?

If it’s not a concern, it’s certainly a curiosity.

It’s probably a little too soon to ask, “What’s wrong with Bryan Woo?”

But seeing their best pitcher from 2025 put up back-to-back run-filled outings isn’t ideal for the Seattle Mariners.

The Royals, who are far from an offensive juggernaut, roughed up Woo for six runs, including four in the first inning, and picked up another run off Seattle’s bullpen to pick up a 7-6 win over the Mariners, Friday night at T-Mobile Park.

Similar to Woo’s last outing, the Mariners tried to pick him up with their bats. Julio Rodríguez smashed a pair of two-run homers, including game-tying blast to dead center in the seventh inning.

But KC was able to scratch out the go-ahead run in the eighth when Salvador Perez led off with a double off Jose A. Ferrer and came around to score on a single by pinch-hitter Lane Thomas.

The Royals jumped on Woo immediately, scoring four in the first inning. KC’s first three hitters — Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino — all singled for a 1-0 lead. Perez followed with a ringing double down the left-field line to score two more runs.

Woo came back to retire the next two batters he faced, but gave up another run when Isaac Collins hit a bloop double into shallow left-center, scoring the lumbering Perez.

The first inning finally ended when No. 8 hitter Michael Massey grounded out.

Would this be a repeat of Woo’s short showing in his previous outing where he pitched just three innings vs. the St. Louis Cardinals?

Nope, he came back to put up 1-2-3 frames over the next four innings.

His string of 13 consecutive Royals retired came to an end three pitches into the sixth inning when Pasquantino took advantage of a 2-0 fastball over the heart of the plate, sending a mammoth blast to right field.

With two outs, a misplaced sweeper to Jac Caglianone resulted in a towering fly ball just over the wall in right field for a solo homer and a 6-4 lead.

Woo finished the sixth inning, but his night was done at 84 pitches.

His final line: six innings, allowing six runs on seven hits — including two homers.

Over his last two outings, he’s pitched a total of nine innings, allowing 13 runs on 16 hits with no walks, three strikeouts and six homers allowed.