Walker’s 10th-Inning Homer Lifts Astros Past Mariners

Walkers Heroic Finish

A home run by Kyle Walker in the 10th inning provided the decisive margin as the Houston Astros defeated the Seattle Mariners 10-7 on Saturday at Daikin Park. The win improved the Astros’ record to 63-60, while the Mariners fell to 57-66.

Early Scoring Exchange

The Mariners struck first in the top of the opening inning when Cal Raleigh singled to right field, allowing Jesse Winker to score for a 1-0 lead. Houston responded immediately in the bottom of the frame. Josh Naylor hit a sacrifice fly to right field to tie the game at 1-1.

Yuri Alvarez then homered to right field (368 feet) to give Houston a 2-1 advantage.

Seattle reclaimed the lead in the second inning. Cal Raleigh tripled to left, bringing Kyle Tucker home for a 2-2 tie. Luis Arraez singled to right, scoring Raleigh and putting Seattle ahead 3-2. Edouard Julien followed with an infield single that scored both Arraez and Tyler Wade, extending the Mariners’ lead to 5-2.

Astros Rally Back

The Astros began chipping away at the deficit in the sixth inning. Jose Altuve singled to left field, allowing Yordan Alvarez to score, making it 5-3. Houston tied the game in the eighth inning when Alex Bregman grounded out to shortstop, scoring Jeremy Peña. Michael Brantley then hit a ground-rule double to left field, bringing Jeremy Pena home and tying the contest at 5-5.

Decisive Tenth Inning

The game remained tied until extra innings. In the top of the 10th, Altuve tripled to center field, scoring Bregman for a 6-5 Mariners lead. Brantley then hit a sacrifice fly to left, tying the game at 6-6.

Houston took the lead when Alvarez singled to center, scoring Pena, making it 7-6. The Mariners tied it again when Varsho singled to left, bringing Altuve home for a 7-7 tie.

Walker then homered to left field (405 feet) with two runners on base, delivering three runs and giving Houston a 10-7 advantage that would hold until the final out. Attendance was 30,582.

Pitching Performances

For Houston, Josh Hader pitched one scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Enyel De Los Santos earned the win with one hit allowed and one run over his single inning of work. Peter Lambert started for the Astros, pitching five innings with four hits and two runs allowed, striking out six.

Seattle’s George Kirby took the loss after allowing five earned runs on eight hits in 4.7 innings. Andres Munoz gave up four runs in 0.2 innings to take the loss. Michael Rucker and Gabe Speier each pitched scoreless innings for Seattle.

Sources

https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401816526