Naylor, Kirby lead Mariners over Astros 6-2 for 4-game sweep

Josh Naylor hit his first two homers of the season and drove in five runs, George Kirby allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings, and the Seattle Mariners completed a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 6-2 win on Monday.

BY ANDREW DESTIN

Apr 13, 2026, 4:02 PM

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APRIL 13: George Kirby #68 of the Seattle Mariners high-fives J.P. Crawford #3 in the dugout during the during the seventh inning against the Houston Astros at T-Mobile Park on April 13, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Maddy Grassy/Getty Images)

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SEATTLE (AP) — Josh Naylor hit his first two homers of the season and drove in five runs, George Kirby allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings, and the Seattle Mariners completed a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 6-2 win on Monday.

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It was Naylor’s seventh career game with five or more RBIs.

Seattle was coming off a five-game skid before sweeping Houston. The banged-up, last-place Astros have lost eight in a row, their longest skid since they dropped the last 15 games of the 2013 season en route to 111 losses.

Naylor ripped a fastball down the middle from Mike Burrows (1-3) into the right field bleachers for a three-run shot in the first inning. It ended his string of 59 consecutive at-bats without a home run to start the year, and was Naylor’s first longball in the regular season since Sept. 19, 2025, also against the Astros.

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Naylor took Burrows deep again in the third, pouncing on another fastball for a two-run shot that traveled 433 feet, the Mariners’ longest homer this season.

Kirby (2-2) allowed his only runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Yainer Diaz and a double-play grounder from Nick Allen. He struck out six, allowed seven hits and walked one while throwing 99 pitches.

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Mariners RHP Bryan Woo (0-1, 1.50) faces Padres righty Michael King (1-1, 3.24) at San Diego on Tuesday night. The Astros had not named a starter for Tuesday night’s game against RHP Michael Lorenzen (1-1, 8.36 ERA) and the Colorado Rockies.