Crucially for Seattle, the win clinched the season series and tiebreaker over the Astros, who now trail the Mariners by two in the AL West with seven games left in the regular season. Houston is currently tied with the Cleveland Guardians for the third and final AL wild card spot.

Lance McCullers Jr. started for the Astros and allowed one run over his three innings. Gordon followed him and threw five scoreless innings without allowing a hit. It proved a positive end to his rookie year for Gordon, who posted a 5.34 ERA in 86 innings, tied for third-most by an Astros pitcher in 2025.

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Jeremy Peña went 3 for 3 with a walk and scored twice, Jose Altuve drove in two runs and the Houston Astros held on Tuesday night for a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers. Jesús Sánchez had a two-run single for the Astros,

ATLANTA — Jose Altuve hit a two-run home run and Jeremy Peña homered and doubled to help the Houston Astros complete a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 5-2 win Wednesday night. The victory coupled with Seattle’s loss to Kansas City moves ...

For the first time since Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's rookie season, the Seattle Mariners are AL West champions. The Mariners clinched their first division title since 2001 with Wednesday night's 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies ( box score ). Seattle secured a postseason berth Tuesday night. Now they're division champs.