Houston visits Seattle at 9:10 p.m. CT Wednesday for the second game of a two-game series, with Ethan Pecko starting against George Kirby. The Astros are tied with Texas atop the AL West with five games left and hold the season-series tiebreaker.
Houston shut out Seattle 7-0 the previous night. Cristian Javier left after two scoreless innings with a right groin strain and was placed on the 15-day injured list; Josh Hendrickson was selected from Triple-A Sugar Land to take his roster spot. Christian Walker hit his 200th career homer in the win.
The Astros are 3-9 against Seattle this season. Yordan Alvarez entered Wednesday leading the AL with a .314 batting average, tied for first with 41 home runs and second with 102 RBIs.
