Five-run frame gets Astros right at home, pads AL West lead

n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”sort”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”wealthy”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content material”:”Because nobody else within the American League West has taken agency maintain of the division lead, the Astros have been on a little bit of a hamster wheel by means of their ups (sweeping the Rangers) and downs (being swept by the Yankees). Saturday’s win gave them some tangible motion within the type of a 1 1/2-game lead over the Mariners, who misplaced to the Rays earlier within the night.nn* **Games remaining**: vs. SD (1), vs. OAK (3), at KC (3), vs. BAL (3), vs. KC (3), at SEA (3), at AZ (3).n* **Standings replace**: The Astros (81-62) are in first place within the American League West by 1 1/2 video games over the Mariners (79-63), who maintain the tiebreaker vs. Houston. The Astros presently are the second-best division winner within the AL, that means they might bypass the Wild Card Series spherical.”,”sort”:”textual content”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2023-09-10T03:28:35.301Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({“preferredPlaybacks”:”mp4AvcPlayback”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-09/09/2c79c4be-0e4c5cc2-6776e74c-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”sort”:”video”,”description”:”Manager Dusty Baker discusses the Astros’ 7-5 win, his workforce stringing collectively hits and Hector Neris arising clutch in a bases-loaded jam”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”period”:”00:01:19″,”slug”:”dusty-baker-on-astros-win-more”,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-117″,”title”:”Houston Astros”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:117″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”manager-postgame”,”title”:”manager postgame”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”press-conference”,”title”:”press conference”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”send-to-news-mlb-feed”,”title”:”Send To News MLB feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”tune-in-daily”,”title”:”TuneIn daily”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/picture/add/{formatInstructions}/mlb/cnzxpq3yqiybqct0zwzq”},”title”:”Dusty Baker on Astros’ 7-5 win”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/dusty-baker-on-astros-win-more”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content material”:”“It was real big,” supervisor Dusty Baker mentioned of the win. “We’re down to like 1/19 of the season right now. 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