The Mariners have dropped four of their past six games, including three to the Astros. Will some home cooking be the cure to their Houston hangover?

The Mariners ended a successful road trip on a bad note and lost ground in the American League West as a result.

Reliever Casey Legumina took over in the bottom of the ninth inning for Seattle. He gave up a leadoff single to Jose Altuve, then threw a pitch in Walker's wheelhouse and he didn't miss it. Christian Walker hit a laser that reached the second row of the friendly Crawford Boxes at Daikin Park.

Houston scored a pair of unearned runs and the bullpen kept the lead after six strong innings from Framber Valdez to beat the Mariners.

The Mariners saw their American League West-lead drop to 1.5 games this weekend in Houston, but what can we really take away from it all?

Christian Walker and Jeremy Peña had two hits apiece and the Houston Astros scored two runs in the first on errors by Seattle and held on for a 2-1 win over the Mariners.

The weekly power rankings from MLB.com have dropped, and Seattle now sits two spots higher from where they were last week. Now in eighth place, Raleigh has been the key factor for success.

The Seattle Mariners recent road trip was an overall success. The Mariners saw their lead in the American League West fall to 1.5 games after a four-game series