Overview

• Jordan Westburg recorded four hits and a career-best five RBIs, capped by a three-run homer in the fifth inning.
• Dean Kremer dominated over seven shutout innings, yielding just three singles and striking out seven.
• Cristian Javier departed after three innings due to illness in his second outing since Tommy John surgery.
• Reliever Shawn Dubin failed to record an out in the fifth inning and saw his ERA jump to 5.48 following recent rough returns.
• Houston cycled through five relievers and even had outfielder Chas McCormick close the ninth, yet still holds only a slim AL West lead pending the Mariners’ result.