SEATTLE — A bounce-back quality start from starting pitcher Bryan Woo and timely hitting from the lineup gave the Seattle Mariners a satisfying conclusion to their six-game homestand in a 3-1 win against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park.

Woo allowed six or more earned runs in each of his last two starts, but manager Dan Wilson was confident Wednesday would be the day he would return to form.

That assumption proved to be correct as Woo spun six scoreless innings, struck out nine, walked two and allowed one hit. Barring a 24-pitch first inning and a pitch clock violation called in the second frame (that Woo heavily disagreed with), there were very few hiccups for the 2025 All-Star.

"I'm human. It sucks when you suck," Woo said in a postgame interview Wednesday. "It sucks to sit on it for two weeks. Those thoughts, they creep into my head just as much as anybody else. After one bad game, after two really bad games, it's not easy to (move on from). But to get back to my brand of pitching, it feels like my brand of baseball, was the first thing that I looked at and I felt. And that's what I did today."

Runs weren't aplenty for either team but Seattle was able to give its pitcher the lead to work with for a chunk of his outing.

With the bases loaded and no out in the bottom of the third — designated hitter Cal Raleigh grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that still brought home catcher Jhonny Pereda. The Mariners (18-20) were unable to tack on more runs but still took a 1-0 lead.

After Woo retired the side in order in the top of the sixth, Seattle center fielder Julio Rodriguez hit a solo home run to left-center field to bolster the M's' lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the frame.

The Braves scored their only run of the day in the top of the eighth inning against the Mariners bullpen.

Seattle right-handed reliever Eduard Bazardo allowed back-to-back singles to the Braves before pinch-hitter Dominic Smith brought home right fielder Mike Yastrzemski with an RBI sacrifice fly.

Smith's run-scoring flyout cut the Mariners' lead to 2-1.

Bazardo got through the rest of the eighth without another run. He picked off pinch-runner Jorge Mateo at first base to eliminate another potential scorer.

Mateo was originally ruled safe before the Mariners challenged and the call was overturned.

Bazardo struck out second baseman Ozzie Albies to end the inning.

In the bottom of the eighth, Seattle second baseman Cole Young added a much-needed insurance run by scoring Josh Naylor with a two-out RBI double that resulted in the eventual final of 3-1.

"(Young) puts together some really tough at-bats," Wilson said in a postgame interview Wednesday. "And that was a big moment in the game. You wanted that add-on run there going into the ninth, especially with (Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson) leading off, and he's hurt us (this series). Not only was it a great base-hit but he did a nice job getting it down the line and making sure that (Naylor) was gonna score pretty easily. ... For a young player to have that kind of a slower motor and not let those kind of moments get away from him, he's done an outstanding job with runners in scoring position."

With a two-run lead in the top of the ninth, Mariners left-handed reliever Jose A. Ferrer took the mound for the third time in as many days looking for his second save of the season.

Ferrer retired the side in order and punctuated it by striking out Atlanta shortstop Mauricio Dubon looking for the final out of the inning. Dubon challenged the called strike but was unsuccessful.

"I had the faith that it was (a strike) and it was that way," Ferrer said via interpreter Freddy Llanos on Wednesday. "But yeah, I felt like (the final pitch) was right in the zone."

The M's series win against the Braves was the latter's first series loss of the season. Atlanta was 5-0 in rubber matches going into Wednesday.

Seattle will have an off-day Thursday. It will begin a seven-game road trip starting with the first of a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox at 4:40 p.m. PT on Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.

Emerson Hancock will start for the Mariners and Sean Burke will start for the White Sox.

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