Mitch Haniger hit his 100th home run and third in two games, and the Seattle Mariners pulled within a half-game of the second AL wild card berth by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2.
It seems that the Mariners have been snake bitten in the past few weeks. Losing ground in the wild card. Padres squeaked out a 2-1 win, with an RBI in the 9th.
Marwin Gonzalez hit two of Houston's four home runs, and the Astros beat the Mariners 8-3, dropping Seattle into a tie with the Athletics in the wild-card race.