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HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 J.P. Crawford<\/a> hit a grand slam and Cal Raleigh<\/a> slugged his major league-leading 58th home run to lead the Seattle Mariners<\/a> to a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros<\/a> on Sunday night. <\/p>\n The Mariners completed a three-game sweep that gave them a three-game lead in the AL West over the Astros with six remaining. <\/p>\n Seattle, which has won four straight and 14 of 15, holds the second American League playoff seed by two games over AL Central-leading Detroit, which has dropped six in a row. The Mariners, looking to win the AL West for the first time since 2001, finished 8-5 against the Astros this season.<\/p>\n Houston is tied with Cleveland for the final AL wild card.<\/p>\n The Mariners jumped on Jason Alexander<\/a> (4-2) early. They got things going with a bases-loaded walk with one out in the second inning before Crawford\u2019s grand slam made it 5-0. Randy Arozarena<\/a> singled before Raleigh, who was batting left-handed, connected for his home run to right field to extend the lead.<\/p>\n The shot came a night after Raleigh passed Ken Griffey Jr. for the franchise\u2019s single-season home run record with his 57th homer. Griffey hit 56 in both 1997 and 1998.<\/p>\n Alexander allowed seven hits and seven runs while getting just four outs.<\/p>\n Seattle starter Logan Gilbert<\/a> (6-6) yielded three hits and a run with four strikeouts in six innings.<\/p>\n Zach Cole<\/a> and Isaac Paredes<\/a> hit solo homers for the Astros.<\/p>\n Key moment<\/p>\n Crawford\u2019s grand slam.<\/p>\n Key stat<\/p>\n The Astros never led in the series and went 2 for 20 with runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Both teams are off Monday before Houston opens a three-game road series against the Athletics<\/a> on Tuesday night and the Mariners host the first of three against the Colorado Rockies<\/a> that night.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n