The game turned in the second inning, and Houston never caught up. Seattle scored four runs in the frame, Cole Young capped a big night with a ninth-inning homer, and the Mariners held off the Astros for a 10-5 win at Daikin Park.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Young went 3-for-5 with a home run and 4 RBI, the finishing touch coming on a three-run shot in the ninth that pushed Seattle's lead to 10-4. Brendan Donovan added three hits and 3 RBI, spreading run-scoring singles across the second, fourth and eighth innings. Victor Robles scored twice and drove in two, and Julio Rodriguez and Josh Naylor each scored twice atop the order.
Houston actually struck first, with Jose Altuve's infield single scoring Yordan Alvarez in the first inning to make it 0-1. But Seattle answered immediately. Cole Young's infield single tied it at 1-1 in the second, and two batters later Robles tripled to right, scoring both Naylor and Young to put the Mariners ahead 3-1. Donovan followed with a single that brought home Robles, and the four-run inning put Houston in a hole it would not escape. Donovan added another RBI single in the fourth, and after Christian Vazquez's solo homer and Isaac Paredes' two-run shot in the eighth pulled Houston within 7-4, Young's ninth-inning homer restored the cushion at 10-4. Houston answered with an unearned run on a Christian Walker groundout, but it was not enough.
Astros starter Hayden Wesneski lasted just 4.0 innings, allowing 5 runs on 7 hits with 6 strikeouts, and took the loss to fall to 2-1 with a 5.16 ERA. The bullpen did not fare much better, combining for 5 runs over 5.0 innings. Seattle starter Emerson Hancock, by contrast, went 7.0 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits while striking out 8, and picked up the win to move to 7-7 with a 3.30 ERA.
The win lifted Seattle to 58-66, snapping a one-game skid, while Houston fell to 63-61 despite sitting atop its division. Paredes' two-run homer and Vazquez's solo shot kept the Astros within range late, but Seattle's second-inning burst proved too much to overcome.