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HOUSTON -- Seattle starter Chris Young was at a loss for words to explain Saturday nights debacle at the hands of the Houston Astros. One thing was clear to him, however. "This team needs better from me," Young said. Young got hit hard and often in an uncharacteristically poor outing, and the Mariners missed a chance to move up in the AL playoff race, tagged for five home runs Saturday night in a 10-1 loss to the Astros. The Mariners stayed one game behind AL wild-card leader Oakland and a half-game in back of Kansas City for the second slot. The As and Royals both lost earlier in the day. "I didnt pitch as well as Im capable of," Young said. "Im disappointed. Just felt good going in, dont know what happened. Just didnt make good pitches." Chris Carter and Alex Presley hit two-run homers and Matt Dominguez and Carlos Corporan added back-to-back solo shots. Jake Marisnick had a three-run homer in the seventh inning as the Astros snapped a four-game skid. "They swung the bat well," Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said. "They pretty much decided it real early." The Mariners loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth but managed to come out empty-handed, with Austin Jackson grounding into a double play to end the inning. "We pretty much had one shot and couldnt capitalize with it," McClendon said. Young (12-9) gave up seven runs and eight hits in three-plus innings. He also threw two wild pitches. "For the most part I feel like Ive given the team a chance," Young said. "A couple of starts this month I havent, but Ill bounce back." Dallas Keuchel (12-9) pitched eight strong innings, striking out eighth. He also reached 200 innings in a season for the first time in his career. Carter and Presley homered one batter apart in the first inning. Dominguez and Corporan connected off Young on consecutive pitches in the fourth. It was Carters 37th home run of the season, a career high. Nelson Cruz leads the majors with 39. Dexter Fowler doubled and scored two runs for the Astros. Houston tied a season high for homers previously achieved April 6 against the Angels. Jose Altuve got two hits, giving 218 this season. He tied Rod Carew for most by a second baseman since 1937. Carew reached the feat in 1974 with Minnesota. Charlie Gehringer had 227 with Detroit in 1936. Robinson Cano hit an RBI single for Seattle run in the third. Marisnick homered off Erasmo Ramirez, who pitched four innings in relief. The best thing for Young and the Mariners to do is put this game behind them, third baseman Kyle Seager said. "You are at this point of the year, you are in single-digit games left, and we obviously know where we stand," Seager said. "Every game is magnified right now." EYES ON THE RACE With his team in a tight race for an AL wild-card berth, McClendon delayed his pregame media availability so he could watch the end of Detroits 3-2 win over Kansas City. 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The Olympics are not the goal, this is it.Bobby Brown of the United States finished second with 82 points and Switzerlands Elias Ambuhl took bronze.Earlier, Olympic gold medallist Dara Howell of Huntsville, Ont., won bronze in slopestyle skiing.Howell scored 82.00 points on her third run to win the third X Games medal of her career, complimenting her bronze-medal finishes from 2013 and 2012. Swedens Emma Dahltstrom took gold with 90.33 points while American Keri Herman placed second with 86.66.My skiing was good today even though I didnt have the greatest sets of training (before the competition), said Howell. I think I put a lot of pressure on myself. I went into practice this morning with an oopen mind and it started to click.dddddddddddd It felt like gold to me to get that third-place medal.Nikki Blackall of Barrie, Ont., finished fifth while Anouk Purnell-Faniel of Quebec City came in sixth.On the mens side, Alex Bellemare of Saint-Boniface, Que., took bronze with 85.66 points. American Nick Goepper finished first with 93.66 and his teammate, Joss Christensen, placed second with 90.66.Bellamares podium finish marked the biggest win of his career and came in only his second X Games. He placed fourth at his only other appearance in 2013.It was such a relief when I won bronze, said Bellemare, who missed last years competition due to injury. I knew I was in third place and I just had to wait it out until everyone finished their run. Im thrilled with how things turned out. I was really focused on my rails today. They are my specialty and I nailed them.I had a good day overall and am really happy with my performance. Its my best result to date.Quebec Citys Alex Beaulieu-Marchand was scheduled to compete in the eight-man final, but pulled out due to injury. He finished ninth overall. Evan McEachran of Oakville, Ont., the youngest member of the Canadian slopestyle team at 17-years-old, finished in 14th place. ' ' '