Houston 7 at Seattle 5 - Recap

Evan Gattis came off the bench to hit a three-run double and the visiting Houston Astros quelled the Seattle's ninth-inning rally to beat the Mariners 7-5 on Tuesday evening at Safeco Field in Seattle.

Gattis hit a line drive off the outstretched glove of Mariners right-fielder Mitch Haniger, who almost made a spectacular play. Later in the sixth inning, a single by third baseman Alex Bregman drove in pinch-runner Jake Marisnick to make it 6-3.

After Houston added an insurance run in the top of the ninth, Mike Freeman walked and Taylor Motter doubled off Astros reliever Ken Giles to give Seattle runners at first and second with no outs.

Freeman scored on a wild pitch and Motter came home on when Robinson Cano grounded into a fielder's choice. But Seattle's next batter, Nelson Cruz, flied out to center to end it.

George Springer homered and starter Joe Musgrove (1-0) got the win for Houston. The right-hander allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Astros first basemen Yuri Gurriel went 3-for-4 to double his season hit total. Gurriel entered the game mired in a 3-for-24 slump.

Motter was 3-for-4 for the Mariners to raise his average .300.

Seattle starter Ariel Miranda (0-1), who tired in the sixth when he left the game with a 3-2 lead, gave up four runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Springer hit the game's first pitch over the wall in left-center to put the Astros up 1-0. Houston made in 2-0 in the third when Josh Reddick scored on Jose Altuve's single.

Seattle answered in the bottom half with three straight hits.

After Jarrod Dyson reached on an infield single, Haniger doubled to left and Dyson scored after it appeared he would stop at third. The Mariners tied it when Haniger scored on a Cano single.

Seattle took a 3-2 lead in the fifth when Carlos Ruiz scored on a Dyson sacrifice fly.

NOTES: The San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday reported that Astros manager A.J. Hinch was at the top of Stanford's list at the school looks for a new baseball coach. Hinch, a two-time Pac-10 player of the year and a 1996 Stanford graduate, downplayed the report. "I want to be the Astros manager here for a really long time," Hinch said prior to Tuesday's game, "and while it's flattering when your name gets bantered around at a place that's very special, it's really a non-story." ... Houston RF Josh Reddick batted ninth on Tuesday, his first time at the bottom of the order since May 2014. ... Seattle on Tuesday placed SS Jean Segura (strained right hamstring) on the 10-day disabled list. The team called up Mike Freeman from Triple-A Tacoma. Freeman was 4-for-12 in three games with the Rainiers this season.