The Astros' nearly decade-long reign atop the American League West officially ended Wednesday after the Seattle Mariners clinched the division.

Seattle’s “magic number” to win the AL West is three. Any Mariners win or Astros loss lessens that number. Because the Mariners own the head-to-head tiebreaker with Houston, the Astros would need to gain four games in the standings to leapfrog Seattle with six games to play.

Freddie Freeman homered twice to pace an 8-0 thrashing of the Arizona Diamondbacks, which helped the Los Angeles Dodgers clinch the National League West title.

The Mariners clinched the American League West crown Wednesday, ending a 24-year drought and sending the city into October baseball with momentum not imagined a month ago. Why it matters: The Mariners haven't won the division title since 2001.

Pretty much anything is on the table for the Astros over the final eight games of the regular season. They’re one game behind the first-place Mariners in the American League West standings, one game behind the Tigers for the No.

The Seattle Mariners lead the Houston Astros by one game in the American League West heading into Saturday's matchup between the two rivals. In fact, the series

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh has hit 60 home runs this season, joining an elite group in baseball history The 60-homer mark remains a magical threshold in baseball. Babe Ruth was the first hitter to reach it in a season,