Astros Could Secure 2024 AL West Title With Victory Over Mariners on Tuesday, Magic Number 2 | Sports

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Astros' celebration of their seventh American League West crown since 2017 must wait after the Seattle Mariners averted a division title-killing loss at Minute Maid Park.

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Entering Monday, the Astros sat with a magic variety of two to clinch the division. A magic quantity for postseason qualification is calculated by a group's victory and the closest trailing membership's losses. Houston positioned itself to get each its win and the Mariners' loss at any level throughout this final Astros dwelling collection. The subsequent probability is on Tuesday within the second recreation of the collection.

Given the group's tough begin to the 2024 season, the Astros clinching might have been an unlikelihood. First-year supervisor Joe Espada's squad was beneath .500 within the standings via the primary 81 video games. In addition, Houston's lowest level of the yr was on June 18, when the Astros fell to the worst group within the majors, the Chicago White Sox, and held a 10-game deficit to Seattle.

Since the White Sox loss, Houston surged, going 15-6 between that recreation and July 19, when the Astros grabbed first place within the division. A simultaneous Seattle 8-16 hunch supported Houston throughout that run.

The division title ensures that Houston will start the postseason with a house recreation, however whether or not that first recreation shall be within the AL Wild Card Series or the Division Series has but to be decided.

Houston is 5 video games behind the No. 2-seeded Cleveland Guardians for a bye to the ALDS. Houston might want to win its remaining video games and the Guardians to lose within the coming days to enhance its probability of getting a house area spot. All that is to say that the Astros and the Guardians face off within the season's closing three video games, starting this Friday.

Otherwise, with the worst document of the division winners, Houston would start its postseason within the Wild Card Series in opposition to the third wild-card group within the AL. That greatest two-out-of-three collection begins on Tuesday, Oct. 1, with the winner advancing to the ALDS in opposition to doubtlessly Cleveland.

A celebration on Monday would have gotten clouded relying on Yordan Alvarez's analysis for his knee. The Astros sidelined the slugger throughout Sunday's loss in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels after sliding into second base and struggling a proper knee contusion. Espada stated Alvarez was “pretty sore” and was attributable to get imaging executed on his knee.

Outside of postseason aspirations, Monday additionally marked the ultimate time the Astros wore their Space City City Connect uniforms that debuted in the course of the group's 2022 season.

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