Astros Beat Mariners 10-7 on Walker's 3-Run Walk-Off Homer
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Updated · The Seattle Times · Aug 15
Astros Beat Mariners 10-7 on Walker's 3-Run Walk-Off Homer
3 articles · Updated · The Seattle Times · Aug 15
Summary
Christian Walker crushed a 405-foot, three-run homer off Andrés Muñoz in the 10th, capping Houston’s five-run inning for a 10-7 walk-off win.
Seattle had led 7-5 in the top of the 10th after Victor Robles’ RBI triple and Brock Rodden’s sacrifice fly, but Muñoz then gave up back-to-back two-strike singles to Jose Altuve and Daulton Varsho before Walker connected.
Brock Rodden’s first major-league hit, a game-tying ground-rule double in the eighth, helped the Mariners rally from a 5-2 deficit, while relievers Michael Rucker, Gabe Speier and Eduard Bazardo combined for 5 1/3 perfect innings through the ninth.
George Kirby put Seattle in the early hole, allowing 5 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings, and the Mariners fell to 57-66 after losing 8 of their last 10 to drop a season-worst six games back in the AL West.