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Alvarez hits 41st homer and drives in 3 as Astros blank Mariners 7-0 to tie Rangers atop AL West

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Olson, L. (2026, September 23). Alvarez hits 41st homer and drives in 3 as Astros blank Mariners 7-0 to tie Rangers atop AL West. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/alvarez-hits-41st-homer-and-drives-in-3-as-astros-blank-mariners-7-0-to-tie-rangers-atop-al-west/article_d42a160c-39b7-5d10-b616-187c4b38af31.html

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Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run home run and drove in three RBIs, tying him with Junior Caminero for the AL lead with 41 homers, as the Houston Astros defeated the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Tuesday night. This win helped the Astros tie the Texas Rangers at 78-79 games won, each with five left to play. Alvarez is now leading the American League in batting average (.314) and RBIs (102), pushing for a rare Triple Crown achievement. The loss brings Seattle closer to playoff elimination as they sit at 73-84.

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On Tuesday night, Yordan Alvarez led the Houston Astros to a 7-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners, ending their three-game skid and tying them with the Texas Rangers at 78-79 in the American League West standings. The win came as Alvarez hit his 41st home run of the season, putting him first in batting average (.314) and second in RBIs (102), pushing for a Triple Crown. Both Houston and Texas have five games left to play, with Houston holding the head-to-head tiebreaker advantage over the Rangers. The loss further jeopardizes Seattle's playoff chances, as they stand at 73-84 and are on the brink of elimination just one year after winning their first AL West title since 1995 and nearly making it to the World Series for the first time in franchise history.

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Houston SEATTLE Texas the Houston Astros the Seattle Mariners

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Alvarez PERSON · 4× Houston GPE · 3× SEATTLE GPE · 3× Astros ORG · 1× Rangers ORG · 1× Texas GPE · 1× Yordan Alvarez PERSON · 1× the Houston Astros ORG · 1× the New York Mets ORG · 1× the Seattle Mariners ORG · 1×

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Seattle (73-84) is on the brink of playoff elimination, one season after winning the AL West for the first time in 24 years and coming within one victory of the franchise’s first World Series appearance.

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2026-09-23 · Toronto Star

Alvarez hits 41st homer and drives in 3 as Astros blank Mariners 7-0 to tie Rangers atop AL West · assertive framing

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SEATTLE (AP) — Yordan Alvarez resumed his Triple Crown push with a home run and three RBIs as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Tuesday night to pull even with Texas atop the AL West. asserted

Astros → resume → West

Houston snapped a three-game skid and tied the Rangers at 78-79 following their 6-3 loss to the New York Mets at home. asserted

Houston → snap → home

Both teams have five games remaining, and the Astros hold the head-to-head tiebreaker. asserted

Astros → have → tiebreaker

Seattle → win → appearance

Alvarez hit a two-run drive to right field in the eighth inning to tie Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays for the American League lead with 41 homers. asserted

Alvarez → hit → homers

Alvarez is first in batting average at .314 and he has 102 RBIs, six behind Baltimore Orioles slugger Pete Alonso for most in the AL. asserted

he → have → AL

Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2012 was the most recent hitter to win a Triple Crown by leading his league in all three of those statistical categories. asserted

Cabrera → win → categories

Alvarez hit an RBI single in the first to reach 100 RBIs for the second time in his career. asserted

Alvarez → hit → career

Christian Walker belted a three-run homer to make it 4-0 in the third, and Isaac Paredes added a solo shot in the sixth. asserted

Paredes → belt → sixth

Cam Smith snapped an 0-for-26 skid with a double. asserted

Smith → snap → double

Houston starter Cristian Javier was removed after two innings with right groin tightness. asserted

Javier → remove → tightness

He threw 45 pitches. asserted

He → throw → pitches

Miguel Ullola (1-0) followed with two innings of one-hit ball for his first major league win. asserted

Ullola → follow → win

Bennett Sousa, AJ Blubaugh and Logan VanWey completed the four-hitter. asserted

Sousa → complete → hitter

Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (12-11) lasted only four innings, yielding four runs on 10 hits — the most hits he’s allowed in a game this season. asserted

he → last → game

Up next Rookie right-hander Ethan Pecko (1-0, 3.77 ERA) makes his fifth major league start Wednesday for Houston against Seattle RHP George Kirby (9-11, 4.24). asserted

Pecko → make → Kirby

___ This story has been corrected to show that Alvarez homered in the eighth inning. asserted

Alvarez → correct → inning