10:10 pm
July 2

Rangers @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Texas Rangers (32-49)

@ Seattle Mariners (43-39)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Gibson (TEX): 6-0; 2.00 ERA

Gilbert (SEA) 2-2; 4.25 ERA

 

Current odds:

Texas Rangers: (+100)

Seattle Mariners: (-120)

 

• In the past three days, Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward has compared Joey Gallo to both an alien and baseball’s home-run king. “He’s on another planet right now,” Woodward said after Gallo homered twice in a 5-4 victory at Oakland on Tuesday. “He’s putting good swings on good pitches, and they’re not coming back.” And Thursday afternoon, after Gallo went deep for the fifth consecutive game and reached base four times in an 8-3 victory against the A’s, Woodward had even more praise. “It reminds me of Barry Bonds,” Woodward said. “That’s a huge name to throw out there, but you’re seeing a guy this hot, you don’t even know what to say. You don’t even know what to think.” The Gallo road show will make its way to Seattle for a three-game series beginning Friday night at T-Mobile Park. Since the beginning of June, Gallo is batting .291 with 11 home runs, compared with .216 with nine homers over the first two months of the season.

• The Rangers have won five of their past six games and are scheduled to send right-hander Kyle Gibson (6-0, 2.00 ERA) to the mound Friday. Gibson is 4-4 with a 3.95 ERA in 12 career starts against Seattle.

• The Mariners, who have won 12 of their past 16 games, will counter with rookie right-hander Logan Gilbert (2-2, 4.25), who will face the Rangers for the first time.

• Gilbert, Seattle’s top pitching prospect, figures to have some opening-day starts in his future. He’ll get a taste of that Friday in what the team is billing as re-Opening Night. The Mariners have been limited to fewer than 13,000 fans per game this season per Washington state coronavirus restrictions, but those have been lifted and all seats will be available.

• The Mariners defeated the Blue Jays 7-2 Thursday afternoon in Buffalo, with Jake Fraley and Shed Long Jr. hitting homers.

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