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SEATTLE -- By winning the first two games of a three-game series, the Houston Astros successfully pulled even with the Seattle Mariners in the American League wild-card standings. The next step is to make a push for the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays.Houstons 2-1 win over Seattle on Saturday night not only moved the Astros (78-70) up in the wild-card standings, it moved them within three games of the co-leaders in the race. Baltimore and Toronto, the teams that currently hold the top spots in the two-berth wild-card race, lost Saturday to give Houston renewed hope.Every series is huge now, Astros designated hitter Tyler White said. We go out every day, try to take care of the task at hand and well see where we stand at the end.The Mariners (78-70) have managed to score just one run in the first two games of the series and, despite being in an identical position as the Astros, are feeling like the air is seeping out of their balloon. Seattle carried an eight-game winning streak into the Houston series, but enters Sundays series finale without that momentum.Were going to turn it around here, start getting some hits and start winning games again, said Saturday starter James Paxton, who opened the game with five perfect innings before suffering the tough-luck loss after allowing two runs in the sixth.Mariners manager Scott Servais said the biggest problem this series has been his teams inability to work the count. Seattle has been unable to hold the line of scrimmage, as he said, and has suffered for its over-aggressiveness at the plate.The last couple of nights weve been a little anxious at the plate and theyve feasted on it, Servais said Saturday night.Seattle might need another strong start from rookie Ariel Miranda on Sunday. Miranda (4-1, 4.10 ERA) is beginning to validate Seattles decision to give up on the two Wades. The Mariners traded veteran Wade Miley for Miranda at the trade deadline, then they DFAs veteran Wade LeBlanc in order to keep Miranda in the rotation a few weeks ago.By winning each of his past three starts, including six shutout innings his last time out, Miranda has rewarded the teams faith.Houston will counter with veteran Doug Fister, an ex-Mariner who has struggled in recent starts. Fister (12-11, 4.17 ERA) has gone 0-3 with a 9.35 ERA in his past four starts, and the Astros are going to need him down the stretch as their hobbled rotation tries to keep Houston in the postseason race.Weve got a great starting rotation, fellow starter Mike Fiers said after picking up the win with six scoreless innings. Maybe things havent gone the way we want it to, but were still trying to go out and do our job.The Astros and Mariners will play three more games in Houston later this month, but neither team can wait that long to get hot. The Astros will be looking to carry the momentum of two wins into Sunday, and Seattle is getting desperate for a win. Paul Goldschmidt Jersey . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. On a day filled mostly with qualifying matches, fifth-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain also entered the second with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, while Guido Pella of Argentina defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-4 to advance. Tim McCarver Jersey . -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis is retiring after a 16-year career to become the goalie coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy. http://www.authenticcardinalspro.com/cardinals-adam-wainwright-jersey/ . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. Enos Slaughter Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Keith Hernandez Jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Anaheim Ducks have acquired forward Logan Shaw from the Florida Panthers in a trade for forward Michael Sgarbossa.The clubs announced the deal Wednesday.Sgarbossa had two assists in nine games with the Ducks after starting the season in the AHL. He has three points in 29 career NHL games with Anaheim and Colorado.Shaw has five goals and two assists in 53 games witth the Panthers.dddddddddddd He spent most of the previous three seasons in the AHL, but appeared in three playoff games for Florida last spring.Shaw is a former third-round pick by Florida, while the Ducks acquired Sgarbossa from the Avalanche in March 2015. ' ' '