Houston scored a pair of unearned runs and the bullpen kept the lead after six strong innings from Framber Valdez to beat the Mariners.

Despite hitting home runs in two of his last three games, the Seattle Mariners are not playing outfielder Leody Taveras in Game 3 of a four-game set against the

Christian Walker and Jeremy Peña had two hits apiece and the Houston Astros scored two runs in the first on errors by Seattle and held on for a 2-1 win over the Mariners. There were two outs in the first inning and Jose Altuve was at second when Christian Walker singled and Altuve scored when Bryan Woo badly overthrew first base.