10:10 pm
July 26

Astros @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Houston Astros (61-39)

@ Seattle Mariners (54-46)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Garcia (HOU): 7-5; 2.86 ERA

McCaughan (SEA) 0-0; 1.80 ERA

 

Current odds:

Houston Astros: (-172)

Seattle Mariners: (+157)

 

• The Mariners are coming off three consecutive victories against Oakland to pull within 1 1/2 games of the Athletics in the chase for the American League’s second wild-card playoff berth. McCaughan made his debut Wednesday in Colorado, throwing five hitless innings of one-run relief in a 6-3 loss to the Rockies.

• The AL West-leading Astros are fresh off a three-game sweep of visiting Texas to move 5 1/2 games ahead of second-place Oakland. They are embarking on an eight-game trip to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where they’ll face the defending World Series champion Dodgers.

• The Astros are scheduled to send right-hander Luis Garcia (7-5, 2.86) to the mound for the series opener at T-Mobile Park.

• Garcia has faced Seattle once previously, a 1-0 defeat April 29 in Houston despite allowing only one run on three hits in five innings. The lone run came on a solo homer by the Mariners’ Taylor Trammell, who has since been sent back to Triple-A Tacoma.

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