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September 22, 2026 · AL West

Houston Astros vs Seattle Mariners

September 22, 2026T-Mobile ParkClear 68°F · 4 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Houston Astros
78-79
7
vs
HOME
Seattle Mariners
73-84
0

Game Highlights

Published September 23, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Lazaro Montes. Jeremy Peña scores. HOU 1, SEA 0
T3 Christian Walker Christian Walker homers (26) on a line drive to left field. Jose Altuve scores. Yainer Diaz scores. HOU 4, SEA 0
T6 Isaac Paredes Isaac Paredes homers (23) on a fly ball to left field. HOU 5, SEA 0
T8 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (41) on a fly ball to right field. Jeremy Peña scores. HOU 7, SEA 0

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 103001020 7
SEA 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Astros AWAY 7

Cristian Javier started for Astros, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cristian Javier Starter 2.0 45 0 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cristian Javier threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 56% 5.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 17 38% 1 4 2 10 0
    Sweeper 13 29% 1 2 2 5 3
    Changeup 8 18% 1 1 1 4 1
    Cutter 7 16% 0 1 4 1 1
  • Miguel Ullola Middle 2.0 33 0 2 W
  • Bennett Sousa Setup 2.0 40 0 3
  • AJ Blubaugh Middle 1.0 10 0 0
  • Logan VanWey Middle 2.0 25 0 2
Mariners HOME 0

Logan Gilbert started for Mariners, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Carlos Vargas took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Logan Gilbert Starter 4.0 81 4 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Logan Gilbert threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 36 44% 2 7 9 10 8
    Splitter 23 28% 6 0 1 13 3
    Slider 16 20% 2 2 1 6 5
    Sweeper 5 6% 1 0 1 1 2
    Changeup 1 1% 0 0 0 0 1
  • José A. Ferrer Middle 1.2 29 1 2
  • Eduard Bazardo Setup 1.1 22 0 1
  • Carlos Vargas Middle 1.0 20 2 1
  • Michael Rucker Middle 1.0 17 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Gilbert
  • Alvarez 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 1 2 3 1 0 .314 .431 .601 1.032 HR (41)
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 .262 .360 .440 .800 HR (23)
Jose Altuve 2B 5 1 2 0 0 2 .250 .308 .402 .710
Yainer Diaz C 5 1 2 0 0 1 .280 .311 .445 .756
Christian Walker 1B 5 1 1 3 0 1 .221 .294 .410 .704 HR (26)
Taylor Trammell CF 3 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .292 .355 .647
Cam Smith RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .209 .273 .389 .662 2B
Nelson Velázquez LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 .255 .414 .669
Jeremy Peña SS 4 2 1 0 0 2 .275 .325 .469 .794 SB
Brice Matthews CF 2 0 1 0 1 1 .201 .255 .332 .587
HOME · SEA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
J.P. Crawford 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .220 .337 .349 .686
Randy Arozarena LF 1 0 0 0 2 1 .279 .379 .480 .859 SB
Dominic Canzone DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 .332 .482 .814
Cal Raleigh C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .181 .294 .374 .668
Julio Rodríguez CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .245 .306 .397 .703
Josh Naylor 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 .321 .356 .677
Cole Young SS 3 0 1 0 1 2 .246 .308 .385 .693 SB
Lazaro Montes RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .190 .261 .500 .761
Michael Arroyo 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .318 .407 .545 .952
Brock Rodden 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197 .306 .279 .585
Taylor Ward PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .357 .308 .665

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cristian Javier 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 45 5.14
Miguel Ullola 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 33 2.84 W
Bennett Sousa 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 40 4.91
AJ Blubaugh 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 3.66
Logan VanWey 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 1.80
HOME · SEA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Logan Gilbert 4.0 10 4 4 2 3 1 81 3.81 L
José A. Ferrer 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 29 3.98
Eduard Bazardo 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 3.86
Carlos Vargas 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 1 20 5.51
Michael Rucker 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 6.02

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Lineup 5.5 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 0.7 R
HOME · SEA
Jason Kanzler
Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.8 R

Keep reading

How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.