Fansided · Sep 22, 2025
Mariners invite all aboard World Series bandwagon with dominant Astros sweep
Seattle Mariners v Houston Astros | Tim Warner/GettyImagesIt was only three days ago that the Seattle Mariners arrived in Houston with plenty of momentum, but nothing especially solid to show for it. They led the Astros neither in the AL West race nor in the season series between the two clubs.
That feels like forever ago right now.
There's the standard happy flight, and then there's the sort of happy flight that the Mariners are in for after what they did to the Astros. They didn't just beat them three times in as many tries. They straight-up demoralized them, in the process all but clinching their first American League West title since 2001.