Gonzales scheduled to start as Seattle hosts Oakland
Jul 24, 2021, 12:05 PM | Updated: Jul 25, 2021, 12:25 am
Oakland Athletics (56-44, second in the AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (53-46, third in the AL West)
Seattle; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Cole Irvin (7-8, 3.43 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 81 strikeouts) Mariners: Marco Gonzales (2-5, 5.55 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 52 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mariners +111, Athletics -128; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Seattle and Oakland will play on Sunday.
The Mariners are 31-21 in home games in 2020. Seattle is averaging 3.9 RBIs per game this season. Mitch Haniger leads the team with 62 total runs batted in.
The Athletics are 26-20 on the road. Oakland is slugging .404 as a unit. Matt Olson leads the team with a slugging percentage of .581.
The Mariners won the last meeting 5-4. Kendall Graveman earned his third victory and Haniger went 3-for-4 with a double, two home runs and three RBIs for Seattle. Lou Trivino registered his fourth loss for Oakland.
TOP PERFORMERS: Haniger leads the Mariners with 25 home runs and is batting .265.
Olson leads the Athletics with 65 RBIs and is batting .284.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 6-4, .226 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored by seven runs
Athletics: 6-4, .230 batting average, 2.48 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs
INJURIES: Mariners: Justus Sheffield: (undisclosed), Casey Sadler: (shoulder), James Paxton: (left forearm), Ljay Newsome: (elbow), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Nick Margevicius: (shoulder), Ken Giles: (elbow), Justin Dunn: (shoulder), Kyle Lewis: (knee), Sam Haggerty: (shoulder), Jake Fraley: (illness), Evan White: (hip).
Athletics: Trevor Rosenthal: (chest), Mike Fiers: (right elbow), Chad Pinder: (hamstring).
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