Starter Hunter Brown had an off-day but the Astros offense managed 13 hits and 11 runs to stop a two-game skid against Seattle.

Christian Walker hit a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth inning as the Houston Astros rallied from an early three-run deficit and beat the Seattle Mariners 11-3 to avoid a series sweep.

Sunday wasn’t a must-win game for the Astros, but it was close. A three-game sweep at the hands of the Mariners would have seen their lead atop the American League West division dwindle to two games.

Bryan Woo turning in a five-pitch, three-easy-groundball inning between the outbursts only added to the feeling that the Mariners might just pull off a sweep of the Astros and pull within two games in the AL West.

After rallying to take a 5-4 lead, Bryan Abreu and Josh Hader can't hold the advantage as Houston lost its seventh in last eight games.

The Mariners have had a stinging share of hindsight over each of the past two offseasons -- perhaps more than any team in baseball -- when it comes to reflecting back on the 162-game gauntlet and examining how if just one game swung a different way,

Taylor Trammell homered and drove in three runs against his former team as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 11-3 to prevent a three-game sweep.

In a game that featured a bit of everything, rookie Cole Young delivered a walk-off single in the 11th inning to give the Mariners a 7-6 win over the rival Astros.