Hector Neris escaped a none-out, bases-loaded jam in the top of the eighth inning and Martin Maldonado clubbed a tie-breaking home run in the bottom of the inning as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Saturday.
Maldonado snapped a 2-2 deadlock with his sixth home run, a 371-foot shot to left-center field off Mariners reliever Andres Munoz . Maldonado ended an 0-for-23 slump and capitalized on the Houdini act performed by Neris a half-inning earlier.
Astros left-hander Framber Valdez labored a bit in his first start after missing one turn in the rotation with right ankle soreness. He retired the side in order twice in his six innings, and after being spotted an early two-run lead, surrendered that advantage by the fourth inning. Valdez allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and six strikeouts but needed 105 pitches to complete six innings.
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