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SEATTLE -- The red-hot Seattle Mariners are making a final push in the American League wild-card race as they begin a three-game series with the undermanned Houston Astros on Friday night.Six of Seattles final 16 games come against Houston (76-70), which is two games behind the Mariners (78-68). Seattle is tied with Detroit, two games behind Toronto for the final wild-card spot, with the New York Yankees three back.The Astros will likely be without MVP candidate Jose Altuve, who left Wednesdays 8-4 victory over Texas with an oblique injury. Also, rookie Alex Bregman (hamstring) is expected to be out of Fridays lineup.Theyre getting looked at, getting all the tests (from) doctors, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. Theyre going to have a full evaluation before were going to know anything, but Im not optimistic about Friday for either of them.Altuve leads the AL in batting average (.341) and hits (196) while his 24 home runs and 94 RBI are career highs. Bregman is hitting .260 with eight homers and 32 RBI in 47 games.Seattle is coming off back-to-back sweeps of AL West doormats Oakland and Los Angeles after it appeared out of the race when it hit the road nine days ago.Outstanding trip, manager Scott Servais told reporters Wednesday night. Guys are really confident. The energy is up. It should be a really fun homestand coming up.The streak coincides with a return to form by the Mariners starting rotation, which had fallen on hard times before getting well against some of the leagues worst offenses. Hisashi Iwakuma and Taijuan Walker put together solid back-to-back starts heading into Thursdays off day, and Seattle looks to ace Felix Hernandez to continue that trend Friday night.Hernandez (11-5) recovered from back-to-back tough outings to throw six scoreless innings in Oakland his last time out.Houston counters with Mariner-killer Collin McHugh, who is 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA in three starts against Seattle this season. McHugh (10-10) is one of the few Astros starters who have stayed healthy during an injury-plagued month. Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers have succumbed to injuries, putting pressure on pitchers such as McHugh to step up and keep Houston in the playoff race.Wednesday starter Joe Musgrove did his part by throwing 6 1/3 solid innings as the Astros etched out an 8-4 victory over Texas to close out that series.I want to see them again, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said of the Rangers. If we see them again, it means were meeting in October, so bring it. I hope were there.Before the Astros can think about a second consecutive postseason appearance, theyll have to hurdle four teams. Unless they can take at least two of three this weekend, thats probably not going to happen.Every game matters right now, Astros infielder Marwin Gonzalez told reporters after Wednesdays victory. Were going to try to win as much as we can, and thats it.Ronnie Lott Raiders Jersey . 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This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season.MIAMI -- Ryan Schimpf homered, Clayton Richard pitched seven innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak.Schimpf homered in the fourth inning off Jose Urena (2-5). Schimpf also homered Friday night and has 16 this season.Richard (1-3) allowed eight hits and walked one. He struck out three and threw 63 of 94 pitches for strikes.Kevin Quackenbush worked the ninth, striking out two for his first save since Sept. 22, 2014, against Colorado.Urena allowed one run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked two.Miamis Martin Prado led off the eighth with a hit off Jose Dominguez. Dee Gordon pinch-ran for Prado and was stranded at second after Brad Hand relieved Dominguez and retired the next three batters.The Marlins had two hits in the first and three in the second, but no runs to show for it. Robert Andino grounded out to Richard with the bases loaded in the second to end the threat.Miami was 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position and left eight on base while getting shut-out for the sixth time in their last 32 games.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: RHP Andrew Cashner (blister) is scheduled to start on Sunday, but that is still kind of upp in the air, said manager Don Mattingly before the game.dddddddddddd Its still tender. Thats a tough part for a pitcher. Mattingly is expected to announce a decision during his postgame press conference. ... 2B Dee Gordon was held out of the starting lineup for the second straight game for rest. Gordon was held out Friday, but ended up going 0 for 3 after entering the game in the sixth. I felt like he was tired going into the game yesterday and then he ends up getting three at-bats, playing a lot of it and I felt like with a day game tomorrow I want him in there for sure, manager Don Mattingly said. I dont think he was very happy, but if that had been a normal game last night he would be in there today.UP NEXTPadres: RHP Luis Perdomo (6-7, 6.24) will start Sundays series finale. Perdomo tied a career high with seven innings in his last start against Arizona allowing one run.Marlins: RHP Andrew Cashner (4-10, 4.73) is scheduled to start against his former team, but a blister could change those plans. Cashner is 0-3 with a 4.61 ERA in six appearances, five starts, with the Marlins. ' ' '