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Mariners’ Pyrrhic victory to go atop AL West may cost them Bryan Woo to injury

King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans in a battle in 279 B.C., but he knew his army couldn't handle another, famously saying, "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined."

Thus the term Pyrrhic victory, something the Seattle Mariners felt too closely on Friday night.

The Mariners entered the night tied atop the AL West with the Astros, who they began a series with in Houston.

Bryan Woo was on the mound for Seattle, and he was brilliant for five innings.

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But during his warmups before the sixth inning, Woo left the mound and didn't return due to injury.

It wasn't immediately clear what was wrong, oth

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