4:10 pm
July 4

Rangers @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Texas Rangers (33-50)

@ Seattle Mariners (44-40)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Foltynewicz (TEX): 2-7; 5.17 ERA

Flexen (SEA) 6-3; 3.97 ERA

 

Current odds:

Texas Rangers: (+125)

Seattle Mariners: (-135)

 

• T-Mobile Park in Seattle always has been known as a pitcher’s park, however Mariners right-hander Chris Flexen is taking that to the extreme. Flexen (6-3, 3.97 ERA) is scheduled to start against the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series. Flexen, who was signed as a free agent after pitching last year in South Korea, is 4-2 with a 2.05 ERA in eight starts at home. On the road, he’s 2-1 with a 6.97 ERA in six starts. The 27-year-old Flexen was 3-11 in three seasons with the New York Mets before going overseas.

• Flexen won both starts against Texas this season to improve to 3-0 with a 3.32 ERA in three career appearances versus the club. He allowed four runs on 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings of a 5-4 road victory on May 7 before scattering three hits over seven scoreless frames in a 5-0 win on May 27.

• The Rangers are scheduled to send right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (2-7, 5.17) to the mound in the rubber game of the series.

• Foltynewicz is 0-3 with a 5.75 ERA in five career appearances against Seattle, including three starts. Two of those were earlier this season, as he matched up against Flexen on May 7 but received a no-decision after allowing four runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He took the loss May 29 at Seattle despite permitting just two runs on six hits in seven innings. One of those hits was a home run by the Mariners’ J.P. Crawford that sparked a seventh-inning rally.

• The Rangers snapped a 13-game skid at T-Mobile Park with a 7-3 victory Saturday night. John Hicks homered twice against his former team and Eli White added a three-run shot.

• Joey Gallo is expected to be back in the Rangers’ lineup Sunday after receiving a rare day off. The slugger’s streak of five consecutive games with a home run was snapped Friday night when he struck out three times.

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