With the Mariners holding a slim one-game lead in the American League West over the Astros, they got a big boost in the first inning on Tuesday, when Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager took Houston lefty Dallas Keuchel deep the opposite way for a three-run homer.
The homer, which landed in the Crawford Boxes at Minute Maid Park, is Seager's 10th of the season. It's also the 10th homer Keuchel has given up on the year.
BOSTON -- Facing the Tigers for the first time since he was traded last July, J.