Overview

• The three-game sweep in Detroit capped a 1-5 stretch in which Houston was outscored 41-7 and shut out four times.
• The Astros retain a 1.5-game cushion in the AL West as the Mariners dropped six of their last seven.
• Players held a postgame meeting after a 1-0, 10-inning loss, with Carlos Correa urging energy and a return to their usual approach.
• Yordan Alvarez played his first rehab game since a May hand injury, and GM Dana Brown said an early-next-week return is possible.
• Recent starts swung sharply: Hunter Brown logged six scoreless in that 1-0 loss, Framber Valdez yielded six in the first inning Wednesday, and Houston now opens four at Baltimore after being outscored 23-5 by the Orioles last week.