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SEATTLE -- Collin McHugh didnt know he was starting Tuesday until late the night before. When he took the mound, he surprised just about everyone with his performance. McHugh struck out a career-high 12 in his season debut to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night, extending Seattles losing streak to eight games. McHugh (1-0) was told he was being called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday and flew to Seattle. It wasnt until he got to the team hotel late Monday night that he found out he was going to start for the Astros on Tuesday. Before the game, Houston coach Bo Porter characterized McHugh as a "pitch to contact guy," but the Mariners made almost no contact. McHugh struck out the first three batters he faced to set the tone for his first win in 10 career starts. "That was outstanding. Thats what you call seizing the opportunity," Porter said. The right-hander didnt walk a batter, giving up three hits in 6 2-3 shutout innings. "I dont think anybody prepares to go out and strike out a bunch of people. But I knew I had pretty decent command today with two or three pitches," McHugh said. "It was really good to kind of get the proverbial gorilla off your back with a W." McHughs stuff caught the Mariners off guard as well, as they only reached second once against him. "He was a little different than the scouting report we got. He was 94 (miles an hour) with a pretty good cut slider," Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said. "He threw exceptionally well tonight." The Astros offence gave McHugh plenty to work with, as Jason Castro and Chris Carter each hit homers to give Houston a 3-0 lead after two innings. Seattle starter Erasmo Ramirez (1-3) struck out eight over six innings and only allowed three hits, but they included the two costly homers. Three at-bats into the game, Castro just cleared the left field wall for a two-run homer, his fourth. Carter followed in the second inning with a shot to left that landed in the second deck for his first homer of the year. Seattles Dustin Ackley tried to counter with a deep ball to left in the bottom of the second, but Matt Dominguez made a leaping catch at the wall to end the inning. Dominguez added a homer of his own in the top of the seventh to give Houston a 4-0 lead. The Astros have now won two in a row after a seven-game losing streak, and their offence -- which entered Tuesdays game with a major league-worst .196 batting average -- is finally showing some signs of life. "Once the whole offence is flowing like it is the last couple games, you kind of get in a little groove with it," Dominguez said. "Its been nice being able to score some runs." McHughs 12th strikeout came against Robinson Cano to leadoff the bottom of the seventh, but Porter brought on reliever Raul Valdes with two outs in the inning. McHugh had thrown 89 pitches, well above his high of 73 pitches in his minor league outings this year. Valdes walked Kyle Seager and then gave up a two-run home run to Justin Smoak, Seattles only offence of the game. McHughs call up came after Scott Feldman was placed on the disabled list with biceps tendinitis. Feldman will miss at least one more start, possibly giving McHugh more chances to show what he can do. "He didnt do anything to hurt his chances of sticking around," Porter said. "He definitely earned his keep." NOTES: The crowd of 10,466 was the fifth-lowest in Safeco Field history. Six of the seven lowest crowds at Safeco have been matchups with the Astros, all coming since the start of last season. ... Seattle RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (finger) was scheduled to pitch in a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Tacoma, but instead threw a simulated game at Safeco Field on Tuesday afternoon due to weather concerns. 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With the win they moved to within two points of Vancouver in the west, the Canucks holding down the eighth spot. Vancouver lost in Boston, while the other big game saw Dallas win in Phoenix.OTTAWA -- Tyson Fawcett scored two goals and Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and three assists to lift the Barrie Colts over the Ottawa 67s 7-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday. Mitchell Theoret and Andrew Mangiapane had a goal and two assists apiece for the Colts (16-11-3), while Aaron Ekblad and Erik Bradford also scored. Troy Henley and Tyler Hill replied for the 67s (10-16-3), who lost for the seventh time in their last 10 games. Daniel Gibl made 21 saves for the win while Philippe Trudeau turned away 39 shots in defeat. --- OTTERS 7 FRONTENACS 2 KINGSTON, Ont. -- Connor Brown scored twice, including a short-handed goal, and added an assist as Erie downed the Frontenacs. Dylna Strome, Dane Fox, Andrew Burakovsky, and Connor McDavid also had a goal and an assist apiece for the Otters (26-4-1) and Travis Dermott scored the other. Spencer Abraham had three assists on the day and Oscar Dansk made 29 saves. Evan McEneny and Spencer Watson supplied the offence for Kingston (16-10-3), while Sam Bennett and Henri Ikonen had two assists each. Matt Mahalak started the game for Kingston but was pulled after giving up five goals on 23 shots. Lucas Peressini replaced Mahalak in the second period, and made 13-of-15 saves. --- STORM 7 STING 4 SARNIA, Ont. -- Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice and Zack Mitchell had a goal and two assists to lead Guelph oveer the Sting.dddddddddddd. Robby Fabbri and Kerby Rychel had a goal and an assist apiece and Brock McGinn and Scott Kosmachuk rounded out the offence for the Storm (22-6-3). Jimmy McDowell scored twice for Sarnia (10-18-3), and Nickolas Latta and Patrick White added a goal each. Anthony DeAngelo had three assists. Matthew Mancina made 21 saves while his counterpart, Taylor Dupuis, stopped 42 shots in the losing effort. --- BATTALION 3 STEELHEADS 2 NORTH BAY, Ont. -- Ben Thomson scored the winner with 52 seconds remaining in the third period as the Battalion edged Mississauga. Brenden Miller and Vincent Praplan also scored for North Bay (15-15-1) while Thomson tacked on an assist for a two-point night. Andrew Goldberg and Trevor Carrick supplied the offence for the Steelheads (13-17-3). Brendan ONeill made 20 saves for the Battalion as Mississaugas Spencer Martin turned away 32-of-35 shots. --- GENERALS 5 BULLS 2 OSHAWA, Ont. -- Scott Laughton and Michael Dal Colle each scored twice as the Generals toppled Belleville. Josh Sterk had a goal and an assist for Oshawa (23-7-2) while Bradley Latour and Cole Cassels chipped in with two assists apiece. The Bulls (7-20-4) got goals from David Tomasek and Stephen Harper. Ken Appleby made 27 saves for the Generals. Bellevilles Charlie Graham kicked out 35-of-39 shots in a losing cause. 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