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Alvarez lined out to center fielder Smith.

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Reddick hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Smith, Tucker scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Smith, Tucker scored.

Mariners third.  Long singled to right.  Lopes pinch-hitting for Fraley.  Lopes fouled out to right fielder Reddick.  Gordon tripled to right, Long scored.  Moore popped out to shortstop Bregman.  Smith struck out, catcher Chirinos to first baseman A.Díaz.

Astros sixth.  Bregman homered to left on a 1-0 count.  Alvarez singled to left.  Adams pitching.  A.Díaz walked on a full count, Alvarez to second.  Chirinos grounded into a double play, second baseman Gordon to shortstop Moore to first baseman Vogelbach, Alvarez to third, A.Díaz out.  Toro struck out.

Astros seventh.  Tucker pinch-hitting for Marisnick.  Tucker doubled to left.  On Adams' wild pitch, Tucker to third.  Reddick hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Smith, Tucker scored.  Altuve flied out to center fielder Smith.  Brantley struck out.

 The Astros are 23-4 at Minute Maid Park since June 28, which matches the most wins at home over a 27-game span in franchise history (also accomplished in 1969 and 2005). Houston, which has won all six 2019 meetings at home with Seattle and is 12-1 in this year's season series, enters this set four wins shy of tying the team season record of 55 home victories (1980, 1998).

 The Mariners managed just one run in each of its two losses to the Cubs at Wrigley Field earlier this week, which dropped them to 5-52 this season when they score three or fewer. Only the Royals (5-58), Angels (4-47) and Orioles (4-59) have worse records when producing three or less runs.

 Alex Bregman leads the majors with a .423 average since Aug. 1 (min. 100 PA) and enters the series having reached base safely in 27 straight games. It's Bregman's fourth such streak of 25 games or more since 2018. No other player has more than two 25-game on-base streaks during that period.

 Kyle Seager is a home run away from joining Nelson Cruz, Edwin Encarnacion and Mike Trout as the only players with 20 or more homers in each of the last eight seasons, and the first Mariner to do so in eight straight campaigns.

 Wade Miley enters Thursday's start 7-0 with a 2.78 ERA over his last 13 starts, while Gerrit Cole will take a club-record 17-start unbeaten streak into Sunday's scheduled outing. It's the first time in team history the Astros have had two pitchers go at least 13 starts without a loss within a season in the same year.

 Marco Gonzales has allowed 1.36 home runs per 9 innings on the road and 0.54 per 9 innings at home, second only to Kansas City's Jakob Junis for the largest difference among current qualified AL pitchers.

HP - Mahrley, 1B - Wendelstedt, 2B - West, 3B - Iassogna

The lack of innings completed wasn't quite as pronounced as the previous night, but left-hander Framber Valdez didn't exactly provide the Astros depth Friday against the Seattle Mariners.
One game after lefty Wade Miley failed to retire any of the six batters he faced, Valdez lasted just four innings and forced the Houston bullpen to cover the final 15 outs. The relief corps was up to the task, however, as Houston took the second game of this four-game set at Seattle's Minute Maid Park 7-4.

Astros hope Verlander can give bullpen a rest vs. Mariners

HOUSTON (AP)  The Houston Astros continued their dominance against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night behind another strong start by ace Justin Verlander.
Verlander pitched seven strong innings to get his MLB-leading 18th win in his first start since throwing his third no-hitter to lead the Astros to a 2-1 victory.

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Seattle Mariners @ Houston Astros on September 7, 2019

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