SEATTLE — In two games, the Astros changed the first 11 days of their 2013 season. Heading into a Tuesday evening contest against the Mariners at Safeco Field, the slumping Astros were 1-6 and a baseball punchline. After winning their first American League West road series and scoring 24 runs in their last two games, the rebuilding Astros (3-6) head to Anaheim, Calif., with a half-game lead over the high-priced last-place Angels. “That’s the funny thing about baseball,” said outfielder Rick Ankiel, who hit a two-run second inning homer during the Astros’ 8-3 victory against the Mariners on Wednesday. “Whether it takes one pitch or one hit, it seemed like [...]