Maldonado, White help lead Astros over Mariners

ASTROS 10, MARINERS 7

SEATTLE — Martin Maldonado and Tyler White each homered and had three hits, helping the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 10-7 on Wednesday night.

Maldonado had three RBI and White had two. The Astros led 9-1 before the Mariners got one back in the fifth and added five more in the sixth.

Charlie Morton (13-3) got the victory despite allowing six runs before leaving the game with no one out in the sixth.

Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth to earn his 10th save and first as an Astro. The closer was acquired from Toronto last month and joined the team a week later after finishing a 75game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.

Marco Gonzales (12-9) was pitching on 8 days of rest but allowed 8 runs and 11 hits before leaving with no one out in the fourth. Gonzales has given up 23 earned runs and 38 hits in his last 20 innings over 4 starts.

The Astros took a 2-0 lead in the first with an RBI triple from White before Gonzales’ wild pitch enabled White to score from third. White’s home run came in the ninth.

The big inning for the Astros was the fourth, when they sent 10 to the plate and scored 5 runs to take an 8-1 lead.

Gonzales gave up six consecutive hits to start the inning before he was replaced by reliever Nick Rumbelow. Maldonado’s home run came one inning later to make it 9-1.

Oakland’s 4-2 loss to Texas on Wednesday gave the Astros a one game lead in the AL West.

Nelson Cruz and Mitch Haniger each had home runs for the Mariners. Cruz hit an upper-deck shot in the fourth for his 31st home run. Haniger’s two-run home run in the sixth inning was his 20th of the season.