10:10 pm
July 22

Athletics @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oakland Athletics (55-42)

@ Seattle Mariners (51-45)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Manaea (OAK): 6-6; 3.28 ERA

Flexen (SEA) 9-3; 3.35 ERA

 

Current odds:

Oakland Athletics: (-140)

Seattle Mariners: (+130)

 

• The next seven days likely will determine whether the Seattle Mariners are buyers or sellers at the trade deadline. The Mariners, who are third in both the American League West, welcome the top two teams in the division to T-Mobile Park, with four games against the Oakland Athletics starting Thursday followed by a three-game series with the division-leading Houston Astros.

• Mariners right-hander Chris Flexen (9-3, 3.35 ERA), who is scheduled to start Thursday against Oakland, is the only member of the team’s season-opening, six-man rotation who hasn’t been placed on the injured list — although lefty Yusei Kikuchi didn’t miss any time when he was placed on the COVID-19 list at the All-Star break.

• The Mariners were forced to go with a bullpen game in a 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday afternoon in Denver, but they might have found their fifth starter. Right-hander Darren McCaughan, making his major league debut, pitched five hitless innings of relief after reliever Keynan Middleton gave up five runs in the first inning.

• Flexen has been outstanding at home, posting a 6-2 record with a 1.76 ERA in 10 starts.

• One of those losses came to the A’s, however, when he matched up against Oakland left-hander Sean Manaea (6-6, 3.28 ERA). Manaea pitched a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts in a 6-0 victory June 2 at Seattle, while Flexen allowed five runs on seven hits in six innings in his lone appearance against the A’s. Manaea is 7-5 with a 3.42 ERA in 13 career starts against Seattle.

• The A’s had Wednesday off after sweeping a two-game series at home with the Los Angeles Angels, allowing just one run in the process.

• Oakland infielder Jacob Wilson, just shy of his 31st birthday, made his major league debut and got his first hit Tuesday in the Athletics’ 6-0 victory.

4/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Seattle Mariners
Previous Pick
Next Pick