Houston doesn’t control the AL West anymore, but thanks to Detroit’s collapse, the Astros still have a clear path to October if they can win their last two series.
If you had asked Houston Astros fans, or even Seattle Mariners fans, how the final three-game set at Daikin Park would play out, few would have been bold enough to predict a Seattle sweep. Yet that’s exactly what unfolded. The Mariners rolled into Houston, already on fire at just the right time, and walked away with three straight wins, leaving the defending AL West champions stunned and suddenly staring down the real possibility of missing the postseason altogether.