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The Mariners are back in Seattle winners of five consecutive series, including their first series victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park since 2014 to cap off a 6-3 road trip. The three-game set kicked off the exact same way their previous two road series started: with a loss, followed by two big-time wins to keep their hot stretch alive and well.

Here were the three best and worst performances from the games.

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J.P. Crawford, Leo Rivas, and Ben Williamson

The bottom-third of the Mariners’ lineup was one of the biggest reasons Seattle walked out of Boston with a pair of wins, combining to go an excellent 12-for-23 with five RBI. Crawford drove in four of those runs on Wednesday night, headlined by a three-run blast — the first of its kind by any Mariners hitter this season — off of Sean Newcomb, putting the exclamation point on a sensational road trip for Seattle’s shortstop, who led the team in wRC+ (206) over those nine games. The impressive start to Williamson’s major-league career reached its hottest point on Wednesday as well, as the young third baseman recorded his first three-hit game, which saw him drive in an important insurance run. Rivas, meanwhile, continues to put together some annoying plate appearances for opposing pitchers, drawing a trio of walks while collecting four hits.

Emerson Hancock

Making his second start since being recalled at the beginning of the road trip, Hancock may have very well put together the best start of his career on Wednesday. The Georgia product stared down one of the game’s best lineups and tallied a career-high seven strikeouts on 12 whiffs, featuring some legitimately nasty sinkers and sliders throughout the night. What was most impressive about Hancock’s outing was his ability to paint the corners of the plate with regularity, especially given who he was facing; he racked up a whopping 20 called strikes against a Red Sox offense that has taken the fewest pitches inside the zone (14.2 percent) and is currently tied for the second-highest swing rate (49.6 percent) in MLB. He matched Boston’s aggressiveness and came out of it with a quality start the Mariners desperately needed.

Bryan Woo

Woo outdueled one of the game’s few true aces in Garrett Crochet, spinning six full innings of two-run ball and really only running into issues whenever Alex Bregman stepped to the plate. After surrendering 14 hard-hit balls and going several innings without a strikeout in Toronto last week, Woo punched out eight Red Sox hitters and walked just one while keeping quality contact to a minimum of three balls that registered an exit velocity of 95 miles per hour or greater. He’s been the Mariners’ most consistent starting pitcher in the early going and is quietly putting together a season that may wind up getting him an All-Star nod.

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Cal Raleigh

After three consecutive series where he looked like one of the best hitters on the planet, Raleigh finally cooled off in Boston. Red Sox pitchers held him to a double and a pair of walks while striking him out five times, and to make matters worse, the torpedo bat he used over the course of his red-hot week of hitting was broken in the process.

Donovan Solano

With Boston deploying left-handed starting pitchers on back-to-back days, Solano saw quite a bit of action in this series. Not only did he start on Wednesday and Thursday, but he also replaced Luke Raley midway through Tuesday’s 8-3 loss as well. Unfortunately for the veteran infielder, things went horribly wrong; he went 0-for-8 with four strikeouts and a walk as the horrific start to his Mariners tenure continues to journey into historically bad territory.

Bryce Miller

Miller’s shockingly poor start to the year continued on Tuesday as he was unable to make it through five innings of work while allowing four earned runs on five hits, 10 hard-hit balls, and four walks. It was yet another outing marred by uncharacteristically rough command and control, but perhaps the most concerning thing was the significant dip in velocity seen in the final moments of his start. After opening the game in the 95-96 MPH range, the young righty found himself throwing fastballs that regularly clocked in at 93 and even 92 at times. It’s hard not to wonder if the arm fatigue he’s been dealing with is more serious than initially thought.