Luis Castillo reacted to his stellar effort against the Houston Astros in the Seattle Mariners' victory on Friday night.

Had the Astros not suffered an alarming number of injuries -- five players who were in their Opening Day lineup are on the shelf -- Brice Matthews would still be manning second base at Triple-A Sugar Land.

The Brewers seek to stretch their winning streak to 11 games as they open a three-game interleague series against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.

Castillo went 4-2 with a 3.17 ERA in 11 starts with the Mariners after his trade and this year is 14-8 with a 3.20 ERA, even after giving up five runs in six innings in a key loss to the Astros on ...

As Luis Castillo came set for what he thought would be his final pitch of the night, he had his trademark fist clench ready to roll. He was on the cusp of clearing his seventh scoreless inning, had fl