Astros eke out win in Seattle, gain ground on Rangers in race for AL West
September 29, 2015 at 12:40 AM
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Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. The final week of what looks like a wild race to the finish for the AL West started with a good result for the Houston Astros. The Astros, who are looking to reclaim first place, eked out a win over the Seattle Mariners thanks to a seventh-inning homer by Chris Carter. The Astros held on to win 3-2 and gain a game on the rival Texas Rangers, who lost to the Detroit Tigers on Monday and now have just a game-and-a-half lead in the division. [Watch: Who have been baseball's biggest disappointments in 2015? ] Houston currently holds the second AL wild card, but would certainly like to avoid the possibility of a one-game postseason and take back first place from the Rangers. They got a strong outing from starter Lance McCullers and three homers en route to their win. The others came from George Springer and Evan Gattis. Meanwhile, the Rangers got thumped by the Tigers, who won 7-4 . Two of those runs came in the ninth, when this one was all but over. The Tigers got a nice start out of...
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