Jose Altuve and Jeremy Peña hit back-to-back home runs off Robbie Ray to begin the game, and the Houston Astros roughed up the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner in an 8-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners that completed a three-game sweep Sunday. FOX13
Martín Maldonado had three RBIs from the No. 9 spot in the lineup and All-Star lefty Framber Valdez took a shutout into the seventh inning for the Astros, who won their fifth straight and increased their AL West lead to 13 games over second-place Seattle.
Ray was tagged for six runs and 10 hits in three innings. Altuve sent the first pitch of the game into the left-field bleachers, Peña followed with his 14th homer and the Astros were off and running."I think homer was even better," Altuve said. "Because that really set the tone for the other hitters."
Maldonado blooped a bases-loaded single into left field to score Alex Bregman and Aledmys Diaz in the eighth.Houston closer Ryan Pressly returned from the paternity list and threw a perfect ninth inning for his 20th save. Pressly has retired 30 consecutive batters dating to June 25, setting a club record.
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