'They have never stopped fighting. They never stopped believing,' Houston manager Joe Espada said. 'And this is far from over, but just to find ourselves in this position, it feels great.'
Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clockOne month was all the Houston Astros needed to erase a 10-game deficit and reclaim their spot atop the AL West.
The Astros trailed Seattle by 10 games and were seven games under .500 on June 18, but have surged over the past 24 games. Houston improved to 18-6 over the last 31 days and used one big inning against Seattle starter Luis Castillo to complete the climb. The Mariners have lost four straight and scored three runs or less for the 15th time in the past 24 games.
"Coming off the break, you want to start off hot and keeping their offense to zero runs is definitely a good way to do that," Brown said.
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