SEATTLE -- The swinging bunt chopped directly to Bryan Woo right coming off the mound, pushing the Mariners’ most athletic starter to race towards the third-base line and fire a sidearm strike to first baseman Josh Naylor.

Everything about the sequence was well-executed by Woo -- he worked into an 0-2 count, landed his two-seamer inside, jammed the right-hitting Jose Iglesias for weak contact, corralled the dribbler and hit the outstretched Naylor -- except for that his throw was just late.

Woo knew it, too, dropping to his right knee as the speedster Iglesias reached to load the bases -- because he knew, too, that his day was done in the moment, and with it, a streak that’s spoken to his durability and longevity in this All-Star season.

Relieved with two outs in the fifth inning, Woo

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