The temptation is strong to go with the 20-days-in-a-row excuse, given how relatively listless the Mariners seemed Sunday in an 8-2 loss (box) to the empire-building Houston Astros. Monday is a rare off-day at home, and the Mariners seemed to be leaning into their first break in three weeks.

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The Mariners Friday activated RHP Felix Hernandez from a rehab assignment with AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the club's 25-man MLB roster, optioned RHP Andrew Moore to the Rainiers. Hernandez started Friday and was the winning pitcher in a 13-3  rout over Houston at Safeco Field, giving up eight hits and three runs in seven innings.

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After spending nearly two months on the shelf due to inflammation in his right shoulder (the longest forced absence of his 13-year career), Felix Hernandez Friday at Safeco Field  rejoins the Mariners (38-37), above .500 for the first time this season. After a 9-6 win over Detoit Thursday extended a winning streak to five games, Seattle faces the team with MLB's best record, the 50-24 Houston Astros.

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The Mariners Wednesday activated SS Jean Segura from his rehab assignment and, to make room on Seattle's 25-man MLB roster, optioned INF Tyler Smith to AAA Tacoma. Segura has been on the disabled list since he was removed from a June 1 game against Colorado in the fifth inning with what was diagnosed as a high ankle sprain.

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The Mariners Wednesday selected RHP Andrew Moore from AAA Tacoma, optioned RHP Christian Bergman to the Rainiers and designated RHP Tyler Cloyd for assignment. Moore, 23, one of the Mariners' brightest prospects 23-year-old Moore, was available to Seattle Wednesday night for the third of four games against the Detroit Tigers at Safeco Field.

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The Mariners spent a grim part of the past week circling the drain (surrendering 46 runs in the road trip's four losses), but Sunday snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over Texas (box). The club had other good news: Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, both missing most of the year with shoulder injuries, will return for the weekend against AL West-leading Houston. According to manager Scott Servais, King Felix is firm to pitch Friday. The Mariners need him.

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Mariners manager Scott Servais told reporters prior to Sunday's game against the Texas Rangers that staff ace Felix Hernandez will return from the disabled list and start Friday against the Houston Astros at Safeco Field, and that Hisashi Iwakuma will also be activated and will start either Saturday or Sunday.

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The Mariners Sunday made three more roster moves, selecting RHP Max Povse from AA Arkansas, optioning RHP Rob Whalen to Arkansas, and designating LHP Dillon Overton for assignment. Povse was available to Seattle Sunday afternoon when it wrapped up a three-game series with the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park.

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The Mariners have signed their top pick in last week's draft, University of Kentucky 1B/OF Evan White, and also agreed to terms with 26 of their 40 selections. The newly signed players are scheduled to report to Peoria, AZ., Sunday afternoon for a mini-camp prior to be assigned to teams.

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The Mariners Saturday recalled RHP Rob Whalen from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the club's 25-man MLB roster, optioned LHP Zac Curtis to AA Arkansas. Whalen was available for the 2:05 p.m. PT game against the Rangers Saturday at Globe Life Park.

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The Mariners Friday recalled LHP Zac Curtis from AA Arkansas and, to make room on the club's 25-man MLB roster, optioned RHP Chase De Jong to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. Curtis was available to the Mariners (33-35) for Friday night's series opener (three games) against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field.

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The Mariners Wednesday selected 30 more players on the final day of the first-year amateur draft, bringing to 40 chosen over the past three days. Seattle selected 23 pitchers, three catchers, nine infielders (two first basemen, five shortstops, two third basemen) and five outfielders). Of the 40 choices, 32 were college players, only eight high school players.

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The Mariners Wednesday recalled RHP Chase De Jong from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man major league roster, optioned RHP Casey Lawrence to the Rainiers. De Jong was available to the club Wednesday night when it played the third game of a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis.

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The Mariners Tuesday selected eight players in rounds three through 10 on the second day of the MLB draft, starting in the third round with RHP Wyatt Mills, a 6-3, 175-pound native of Spokane who was an All-West Coast Conference selection out of Gonzaga University (93rd overall).

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The one and only name for the Mariners baseball park, Safeco Field, will be no more after the 2018 season. The 20-year deal signed in 1998 is expiring, and the insurance company notified the ballclub that would not extend the naming rights deal, according to a statement from the club Tuesday.

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The Mariners Monday selected Evan White, University of Kentucky first baseman-outfielder, in the first round of Major League Baseball's free agent draft. The Mariners had the 17th pick, using it on the Gahanna, OH., native, who bats right and throws left. With their only other pick Monday, the Mariners selected RHP Sam Carlson out of Burnsville (MN.) High School in the second round.

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The Mariners Monday recalled RHP Casey Lawrence from AAA Tacoma and optioned RHP Emilio Pagan back to the Rainiers. Lawrence was available to the club Monday night when it began a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

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The Mariners had three chances in the past week to climb above .500 for the first time in 2017, but failed each time before losing to Toronto 4-0 Sunday at Safeco Field (box). Seattle was 3-3 over the past seven days but 7-4 for the homestand and 31-33 for the season -- not great, but not that bad, considering the injuries.

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The set-up Sunday looked for all the world like a pivot point for the Mariners season, and perhaps beyond. The Big Maple, unbeaten James Paxton, was on the mound, matched against a so-far-shaky J.A. Happ, the debut of a three-rookie outfield of athletes who can hit, and a chance to send 30-some charter buses full of Canadian fans -- the rowdy majority of the 120,000 who filled Safeco Field over the weekend -- back over the border to weep in their Molson's.

But no.

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The Mariners Sunday activated OF Mitch Haniger from the disabled list (strained right oblique) and, to make room on the 25-man major league roster, optioned OF Boog Powell to AAA Tacoma. Haniger, who had been on a rehab assignment with the Rainiers, started in right field Sunday afternoon against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field.

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