10:10 pm
June 2

Athletics @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oakland Athletics (31-25)

@ Seattle Mariners (28-27)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Manaea (OAK): 3-2; 3.86 ERA

Flexen (SEA) 5-2; 4.34 ERA

 

Current odds:

Oakland Athletics: (-153)

Seattle Mariners: (+143)

 

• Tony Kemp and Matt Olson homered to help the A’s snap a three-game losing streak with a 12-6 victory on Tuesday. It was the 799th victory with the A’s for manager Bob Melvin, passing Tony La Russa for the most in the team’s time in Oakland. Connie Mack holds the franchise record with 3,582 wins.

• The A’s are scheduled to start left-hander Sean Manaea (3-2, 3.86 ERA) in the series finale. He is 6-5 with a 3.84 ERA in 12 career starts against Seattle. Manaea outdueled the Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani in his last start, allowing one run and striking out eight in 6 2/3 innings of a 3-1 victory.

• The Mariners are set to counter with right-hander Chris Flexen (5-2, 4.34), who will be making his first career start against Oakland. Flexen is coming off the best start of his career, in which he allowed three hits in seven shutout innings of a 5-0 victory against Texas last Thursday. That came after his worst start, in which he lasted just 1 2/3 innings at San Diego on May 21. He yielded eight runs on 10 hits in a 16-1 defeat.

• Both teams will be without their starting center fielders. Oakland’s Ramon Laureano (right hip strain) and Seattle’s Kyle Lewis (right meniscus tear), the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, were placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday.

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