Overview
- The Mariners finished a four-game sweep of Houston on Monday, extending the Astros’ skid to eight straight and closing a 1-9 road trip.
- Before the finale, Houston placed starter Tatsuya Imai on the 15-day injured list and shortstop Jeremy Peña on the 10-day list, then recalled J.P. France, Colton Gordon and Shay Whitcomb.
- Short starts have strained the Astros’ bullpen for a week, with Hunter Brown and Cristian Javier on the injured list and Cody Bolton exiting early with back tightness in Seattle.
- Seattle’s light-hitting lineup exploited Houston’s wild staff with a flood of walks, and Josh Naylor broke out Monday with two home runs to stake early leads.
- In Toronto, the Blue Jays put George Springer on the injured list with a fractured left big toe and called up Eloy Jimenez, as the Twins took the series behind a multi-homer surge at Rogers Centre.