10:10 pm
July 22

Astros @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Houston Astros (61-32)

@ Seattle Mariners (51-42)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Urquidy (HOU): 8-4; 4.09 ERA

Gonzales (SEA) 5-9; 3.50 ERA

 

Current odds:

Houston Astros: (-116)

Seattle Mariners: (-103)

 

• The starting line-up for the Astros is as follows:

• The starting line-up for the Mariners is as follows:

• The Seattle Mariners’ franchise record for most consecutive victories is 15, set in 2001 when they tied a Major League Baseball mark by winning 116 games. Friday night in the opener of a three-game series with the American League West-leading Houston Astros, the current Mariners will look to equal that streak before a sellout crowd in Seattle.

• The Mariners have won 22 of their past 25 games to go from 10 games below .500 (29-39) into one of the AL’s three wild-card playoff positions.

• The Mariners have been getting some timely hitting and outstanding pitching. In the 25-game span, Seattle has the lowest ERA (2.45) in the majors. The starting rotation is 12-3 with a 3.15 ERA and 14 quality starts. Meanwhile, during that same stretch, the bullpen has gone 10-0 with 12 saves and a 1.49 ERA and has allowed opponents to bat just .167.

• Despite their torrid pace, the Mariners are 10 games behind the Astros in the division race after Houston swept a doubleheader with the visiting New York Yankees on Thursday, winning 3-2 and 7-5. Alex Bregman scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth in the opener on J.J. Matijevic’s infield single. Bregman, Yordan Alvarez and Chas McCormick homered in the nightcap.

• Astros right-hander Jose Urquidy (8-4, 4.09 ERA) is scheduled to go up against Gonzales (5-9, 3.50) on Friday night. Urquidy is 1-3 with a 6.25 ERA in seven career appearances against Seattle, including six starts. All three losses have come this season, as he has failed to pitch more than 4 2/3 innings in any of those defeats, allowing 15 earned runs in 13 innings.

• Gonzales is 2-8 with a 4.63 ERA in 13 appearances (12 starts) against Houston. He’s 1-2 against the Astros this year, but all three of those have been quality starts, with six or more innings and three or fewer earned runs allowed.

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