HOUSTON — Jason Heyward hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and made a dazzling defensive play as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Tuesday night to clinch their fourth consecutive American League West championship.
Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker each added a solo home run for the Astros, who are headed to the postseason for the eighth year in a row.
The Astros trailed by one with no outs in the fifth inning when Victor Caratini singled before moving to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jeremy Peña .
Heyward, who wowed on defense in the top of the inning, launched his home run to the second deck in right field off Logan Gilbert (8-12) to put Houston on top 4-3.
Heyward, who signed with the Astros last month after his release by the Dodgers, is filling in for Yordan Alvarez , who is out because of a knee sprain.
The Mariners had runners on first and third with one out in the eighth before Ryan Pressly retired Mitch Garver on a fly ball. Josh Hader took over and struck out J.P. Crawford to preserve the lead.