For a Major League Baseball team, there's nothing quite like exorcising some demons from the past, and that's just what the Seattle Mariners accomplished this w

HOUSTON -- J.P. Crawford hit a grand slam and Cal Raleigh slugged his major league-leading 58th home run to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday night. The Mariners completed a three-game sweep that gave them a three-game lead in the AL West over the Astros with six remaining.

Mariners could clinch AL West with a win Wednesday or an Astros loss; fans brace for history at T-Mobile Park.

Bryan Woo will not make his scheduled start Thursday against the Colorado Rockies, but the Seattle Mariners still have no intention of putting their ace on the injured list.

When Cal Raleigh crushed his 57th home run of the year into the Astros’ bullpen Saturday night to pass Ken Griffey Jr. for Seattle’s single-season record, Houston’s longtime bullpen catcher Javier Bracamonte scrambled to grab it.

Baseball fans nationwide paid homage to SNB during its final broadcast Sunday, celebrating a program that stood as a weekly tradition across the sport for 35 years dating back to 1990. Orbit joined the homage in perfect Houston fashion, bringing ESPN's crew a bounty of booze and barbecue in the Astros' regular-season home finale

Shortstop J.P. Crawford provided the big blow Sunday with a second-inning grand slam against righty Jason Alexander. Catcher and MVP candidate Cal Raleigh followed with a two-run home run later in the inning. It was his 58th of the season, extending his single-season record for a catcher, a switch-hitter, and a Mariner.

Cal Raleigh has hit his major league-leading 58th homer, a two-run shot for the Seattle Mariners in the second inning Sunday night against the Houston Astros.