Seattle Mariners

  The Seattle Mariners need a new plan for locking down October-tested Astros star Yordan Alvarez, because what they tried in Game 1 certainly didn't work. Maybe ace Luis Castillo is the answer. They'll find out when the teams play Game 2 of their AL Division Series on Thursday in Houston, with the Guardians and Yankees set for ALDS Game 2 in New York later — weather permitting. The two NL ... Rea

The Seattle Seahawks will move the kickoff time this Sunday back by about 90 minutes if there is a Game 4 of the AL Division Series between the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros.

Seattle’s Luis Castillo will oppose Houston’s Framber Valdez in Game 2 of the AL Division Series. It'll be Castillo's second start of the postseason.

Yordan Alvarez smashed a game-ending, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Robbie Ray, vaulting the Houston Astros over the Mariners 8-7 in their playoff opener.

Now it’s on to the division series, which is business as usual with a best-of-five format. The four matchups are Braves-Phillies, Padres-Dodgers, Mariners-Astros and Guardians-Yankees and all of them begin Tuesday.

The Toronto Blue Jays will have 13 pitchers and 13 position players for their wild card series against the Seattle Mariners.

The Toronto Blue Jays All-Star right-hander Alek Manoah’s first career playoff start, is facing Luis Castillo and Seattle Mariners in ALWCS Game 1. The Mariners went 5-2 against Toronto this season.

J-Rod put a final exclamation point on his rookie of the year candidacy with his 28th home run of the season, Ty France hit a game-ending RBI single in the ninth inning, and the Seattle Mariners capped the regular season with a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers.

Abraham Toro homered and drove in four runs, Cal Raleigh hit his 27th long ball of the season and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 to complete a sweep of their doubleheader.