The upper-hand in the American League West now belongs to the Seattle Mariners.

Cal Raleigh broke Seattle’s franchise record with his 57th home run, George Kirby pitched six shutout innings and the Mariners held on to beat the Houston Astros 6-4 in the second game over their pivotal series on Friday.

Seattle Mariners 6, Houston Astros 4: Box Score

As a result, the Mariners (86-69) clinched the tiebreaker with Houston for the playoffs and moved to two games up in the AL West. Their lead is essentially three games now with the tiebreaker. And they knocked Houston out of a playoff spot for now. The Astros fell into a tie for the third wild card berth with the Cleveland Guardians, but Cleveland owns the tiebreaker.

Seattle also moved one game in front of Detroit for the No. 2 seed and a f

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