Five runs when it mattered
The Astros were down two with three outs left. Then they scored five.
Christian Walker ended it overnight with a three-run homer, 405 feet to left field, his 23rd of the season. Houston beat Seattle 10-7 after a tenth inning that turned inside out twice.
Andres Munoz came in with a two-run cushion. Victor Robles had built it, capping a three-hit night with an RBI triple into the left-center gap, then scoring on a sacrifice fly from Brock Rodden. Nothing came cheaply for the Seattle closer after that. Isaac Paredes singled a run home. Daulton Varsho did the same. Walker did the rest.
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A game that refused to settle
Yordan Alvarez opened Houston’s account with his 36th homer, still the most in the American League, off George Kirby in the first. Seattle had already gone ahead 2-0 by then, on doubles from Randy Arozarena and Julio Rodriguez wrapped around an RBI single by Dominic Canzone and a Josh Naylor sacrifice fly.
The second inning belonged to the hosts. Six straight batters reached with two outs. Walker singled, Cam Smith tripled to level it, Nelson Velazquez walked, Jeremy Pena singled a run in. A balk moved everyone up, Alvarez was walked on purpose, and Paredes poked a two-run infield single. Houston led 5-2 and looked comfortable.
Seattle chipped away instead. Naylor doubled to open the sixth off Bennett Sousa and came around on a two-out Robles single. In the eighth, Bryan Abreu gave the lead back entirely. Rodriguez walked and scored on a Brendan Donovan groundout, then Rodden dropped a ground-rule double for his first career hit and RBI in his major league debut.
What it cost each side
Peter Lambert survived a messy first and handed Houston five innings, two runs on four hits, six strikeouts. Kirby lasted 4 2/3 and conceded five runs on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Three Seattle relievers were perfect across 4 1/3 innings before Munoz walked into the tenth and gave all of it back. He falls to 5-5. Enyel De Los Santos coughed up the go-ahead run in the top half and still walked off with the win at 2-3.
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