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4w ago

AL West Deadlocked as Mariners Pull Even With Astros

A Seattle walk-off set up a head‑to‑head tiebreaker series in Houston next week.

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Jose Altuve, striking out against Toronto, and the Astros have averaged 3.84 runs since Aug. 1 and have gone 17-21.
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Overview

  • Seattle beat the Angels 7-6 in 12 innings on rookie Harry Ford’s walk-off sacrifice fly for a sixth straight win.
  • Houston fell 6-0 to Toronto as Kevin Gausman threw a complete-game two-hitter with nine strikeouts, and manager Joe Espada called for more consistent at-bats.
  • The Mariners and Astros are tied at 79-68 with 15 games left, and their season series is 5-5 with a Sept. 19-21 set at Daikin Park to decide the tiebreaker.
  • Both clubs are also level for the third AL wild card with Texas two games back, raising scenarios in which only one AL West team reaches the postseason.
  • Seattle faces one of MLB’s lighter remaining schedules, while Houston opens in Atlanta before a divisional homestand and continues to patch a thinned bullpen with recent additions Enyel De Los Santos and Craig Kimbrel.