HOUSTON (Interstat) — Luke Raley homered and drove in three runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Houston Astros 8-3 on Thursday afternoon at Daikin Park. Raley’s three-run blast in the first inning staked Seattle to an early lead. Mitch Garver added a two-run homer in the fourth, and Cole Young doubled in two runs in the sixth. The Mariners finished with 11 hits.

Yordan Alvarez went 3 for 3 with a home run for Houston, which managed only five hits. Luis Castillo pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits with six strikeouts to earn his first win. Mike Burrows took the loss for the Astros. Domingo Gonzalez tossed two scoreless innings in relief.

Seattle improved to 22-23, while Houston fell to 17-28. The game lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes in front of 24,398 fans.