Josh Naylor hits two homers in Mariners' sweep of Astros

Josh Naylor broke out of a deep slump with two home runs in his first two at-bats, powering the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday. The win completed a four-game sweep at T-Mobile Park. Naylor's blasts provided ample support for starter George Kirby.

SEATTLE -- Josh Naylor ended his power drought dramatically on Monday afternoon at T-Mobile Park. Facing the Houston Astros, the Mariners first baseman homered off Mike Burrows in the first inning on an 0-1 fastball, sending it 365 feet into right field. His second shot in the third cleared the center-field wall at 433 feet with an exit velocity of 111.5 mph, driving in the first five Seattle runs and more than tripling his season RBI total from two.

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The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park, thanks to consecutive hits from Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodríguez and Josh Naylor in the bottom of the ninth. Oakland's Nick Kurtz had tied the game with a solo home run earlier in the top of the ninth off Andrés Muñoz. The victory allowed Seattle to avoid a sweep after the Athletics took the first two games of the series.

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