After watching another starting pitcher fail to reach the fifth inning and the 5-14 Astros drop another game, first-year manager Bo Porter cut through the noise and shot straight. “We didn’t pitch well,” said Porter, following the Astros’ 7-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Monday at Minute Maid Park. “And when you don’t pitch well and you put yourself in a hole against a guy of (Felix Hernandez’s) caliber you’re going to be fighting an uphill battle, which is going to be a pretty tough uphill battle.” The Astros started on the bottom again Monday, falling behind 1-0 in the first inning and trailing 7-0 after five. Peacock was [...]