Houston Astros go back on the road Friday to Seattle, WA for game one of three with the Seattle Mariners. Houston comes into Friday 28 games above .500 following a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in game one of their doubleheader. Christian Javier got the start for Houston giving up one run on two hits across 5 innings of work leading to a no decision. The Houston bullpen held true before Hector Neris came on in relief to give up one run on two hits in one inning to pick up the victory.
Offensively Houston did just enough from the plate with ten hits and 34 at bats including 2-9 with runners in scoring position to score three runs. Alex Bregman, Korey Lee, and J.J. Matiljevic led the way for the Houston offense driving in one run each.
The Seattle Mariners come into Friday as the hottest team in baseball nine games over .500 riding a 14 game win streak. Seattle concluded a four-game sweep before the All Star break with a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers. Chris Flexen got the start for Seattle giving up one run on four hits across 3.2 innings of work leading to a no decision. Ryan Borucki came on in relief to allow no runs on no hits in 1.1 innings to pick up the victory.