SEATTLE (Interstat) — The Seattle Mariners defeated the Houston Astros 9-6 on Friday night at T-Mobile Park, rallying late to snap a three-game skid before a crowd of 44,468.

Houston struck first with a three-run double from Christian Vázquez in the second inning, answering Seattle’s three-run first. The Mariners took a 5-3 lead on Randy Arozarena’s two-run homer in the fifth. They broke open a tie game with a four-run seventh, keyed by RBI hits from Dominic Canzone and J.P. Crawford.

Yordan Alvarez’s three-run homer in the eighth brought Houston within three, but Andrés Muñoz secured the save. Winning pitcher Emerson Hancock earned the victory despite allowing three runs over five innings. Houston’s Ryan Weiss took the loss.

The Astros fell to 6-8, while the Mariners improved to 5-9. The game time was 3 hours, 14 minutes.