Justin Verlander allows one run and strikes out eight batters across eight-plus terrific innings in his start against the Mariners

Kyle Tucker clobbers a solo home run off the second deck in right field to give the Astros a 5-0 lead in the top of the 6th inning

Yordan Alvarez launches a solo home run to right-center field to give the Astros to 4-0 lead in the top of the 3rd inning

Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker each homered to back Justin Verlander's terrific eight-plus innings in the Astros' 5-1 win over the Mariners

The Astros score three runs in the second inning thanks to RBIs from Dubón, Maldonado and Altuve to jump out to an early 3-0 lead

Martín Maldonado extends the Astros' lead to 2-0 with an RBI double to left-center field in the top of the 2nd inning

José Abreu makes a sliding stop on a bouncing ground ball down the line and flips it to Justin Verlander at first for the out

José Abreu lays out to his left and makes a diving catch to rob Julio Rodríguez of a hit in the bottom of the 1st

Justin Verlander gets Julio Rodríguez to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to escape a bases-loaded jam unscathed in the bottom of the 3rd

Bryan Abreu strikes out Cal Raleigh swinging to conclude the Astros' 5-1 win over the Mariners

Jose Altuve extends the Astros' lead to 3-0 with an RBI single to left-center field in the top of the 2nd inning

Mauricio Dubón gives the Astros an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning with an RBI single to right-center