Jose Altuve and Jeremy Pena homered as the Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Texas Rangers 5-2 on Wednesday and moved back into first place in the American League West.

The Astros (84-69) not only extended their lead over the third-place Rangers (79-74) to five games, but they also claimed the rubber match in the 13-game season series with Texas.

Houston moved a half-game ahead of Seattle (83-69) atop the division after the Mariners dropped a 7-5 decision to the host Kansas City Royals. The Mariners open a three-game set in Houston on Friday.

The Astros scored twice in the first inning against Rangers starter Jacob deGrom (12-8) and extended the margin when Altuve and Pena slugged home runs in the third and fifth innings, respectively.

Pena doubled leading off

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