As the Astros prepare for yet another year of postseason baseball, their 7th in the last 8 years, they turn their gaze to a team that is tasting October for the first time in over two decades: the upstart Seattle Mariners.
The Mariners come into town after sweeping the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, a series that included a hard-fought Game 2 that saw them come all the way back from an 8-1 deficit to win 10-9. While that was good for one of the biggest comeback wins in playoff history, it shouldn’t have come as too much of a surprise considering that Seattle has had a reputation for late-inning heroics over the past two seasons.