 Welcome to Seattle Mariners baseball. Great to have you with us tonight as the Mariners get set to take on the Houston Astros. It was quite the rollercoaster ride in the first half for the Mariners. Some tremendous ups, some dips along the way. But at the end of the day, when the dust settled, they were in first place by a game over the Houston Astros. Meanwhile, the Astros, a team that stumbled out of the gates, they caught fire in the last month of the season. Last month, the first half, one of the best teams ever.