None of that ended up mattering much once the lineups were set. Randy Arozarena got Seattle on the board early, and from there it turned into the kind of low-scoring grind these two clubs have been trading all series.
Arozarena's first-inning homer staked Woo to an early cushion, and Cal Raleigh — who's had about as tough a season at the plate as a reigning slugger can have — added a solo shot in the sixth to push the lead to 3-1. Woo did the rest, working 6 innings on 3 hits and 2 runs with 5 strikeouts, and Andrés Muñoz slammed the door for the save after Nick Allen's sixth-inning homer briefly made it a one-run game.
Brown took the loss after 5 innings and 3 runs allowed, another outing that fits the pattern of a talented arm still hunting for the consistency that had him in Cy Young contention a year ago. It's not that the raw stuff disappeared — he's flashed swing-and-miss stretches all season — it's that the free passes keep creeping the pitch counts up and shortening his starts.
The win closes the book on a set Seattle split the first two games of before taking the rubber match, and it's the kind of result that won't move either club's season much in the standings but says plenty about where each roster stands in mid-August. Woo looks like a guy trending in the right direction; Houston still needs its ace to find the strike zone more consistently if it wants to hold serve in a division that's refusing to separate.