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HOUSTON -- Another bad start by Doug Fister doomed the Houston Astros on Wednesday.Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Astros 12-4 to keep pressure on the other AL wild-card contenders.Kyle Seager added another three-run drive in the eighth, his 30th home run this season, as Seattle remained two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card. Houston dropped 3 1/2 games back as its magic number for elimination was cut to one.Fister gave up five runs and five hits over 1 1/3 innings in the shortest start of his big league career.Its pretty frustrating, he said. I let the team down. The last couple of starts havent gone what I would call my way at all.Fister has lost five straight decisions, and Houston has lost his last seven starts -- all five innings or fewer.Getting into the game was very difficult for him, manager A.J. Hinch said. His command wasnt great. He didnt execute the way he does when hes good.Canos career-best 36th home run, a drive off Fister (12-13), landed in the first row of the Crawford Boxes in left field. Cano has nine homers and 25 RBI in 19 games against Houston this season.Seattle doubled its lead in the second on Nori Aokis RBI single and Seth Smiths two-run single. Ketel Marte made it 7-0 with a run-scoring infield single in the third.James Paxton (6-7) allowed three runs and six hits in five innings, striking out eight.George Springer hit a solo home run in the third for the Astros, who closed it to 7-4 in the sixth on Evan Gattis solo homer.We were clawing back, Hinch said. We dont quit. We know that. We just couldnt get enough and they come back and put up a couple of crooked numbers.Since the Astros are off Thursday, if the Orioles win their next two games, Houston could be eliminated by the time it takes the field on Friday.Im not ready for that, Hinch said. This is not a position that were happy to be in, but its a position that we are in.FAREWELLSWednesdays game was the final broadcast for the Astros Bill Brown, who is retiring after 30 seasons with the team. It was also the last game for Tals Hill in Minute Maid Park. The Astros will renovate the ballpark this offseason, and the center-field fence will be moved in.SCRIBNER SOLIDSeattle manager Scott Servais was impressed with the work of reliever Evan Scribner, who took over with two on and no outs in the sixth inning and got the Mariners out of a jam. He allowed one hit and no runs in two innings for his third hold this season.Hes been awesome probably about the last 10, 11 times out, Servais said. But you have those days where it just didnt look good and it was time to go to Scrib and he certainly picked us up today.UP NEXTMariners: LHP Ariel Miranda (5-2) will start the first of a four-game series Thursday against Oakland. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Go gold or go home.Majlinda Kelmendi won Kosovos first Olympic medal on Sunday, taking gold in the womens 52-kilogram judo division.The top-ranked Kelmendi, the young countrys best-known athlete, was the favorite heading into the competition. She scored only once against Odette Giuffrida in the final, but it was enough to beat the Italian.To be honest, I came here for the gold medal, but its crazy, Kelmendi said. This is the first time that Kosovo is part of the Olympics, and for the first time, I think gold is huge.After her victory was announced, Kelmendi hugged Giuffrida and then walked off the mat in tears. Wearing a blue uniform -- one that matched many of the Kosovo flags being waved in the arena -- a teary Kelmendi waved to the crowd and raised her arms.Kelmendi has struggled for years to represent her country, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, in the Japanese martial art.At the 2012 London Games, she represented Albania because Kosovo was not recognized by the International Olympic Committee until 2014. Four years ago, Kelmendi lost to Christianne Legentil of Mauritius in the second round. In Rio de Janeiro, the two met again and Kelmendi advanced.She said her toughest fight on Sunday was the semifinal bout against MMisato Nakamura, a three-time world champion and one of the judoka who has inspired her.ddddddddddddThe 24-year-old Kelmendi is also a former world champion and was her countrys flagbearer when the eight-member Kosovo team walked in the opening ceremony. 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