4:10 pm
August 12

Rangers @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Texas Rangers (40-73)

@ Seattle Mariners (59-55)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Foltynewicz (TEX): 2-10; 5.77 ERA

Gonzales (SEA) 3-5; 4.73 ERA

 

Current odds:

Texas Rangers: (+195)

Seattle Mariners: (-215)

 

• On the day the Seattle Mariners unveiled a statue of Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez outside T-Mobile Park, perhaps it was fitting that designated hitter Luis Torrens had the winning hit. Torrens’ drive off the center-field wall with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday brought home rookie Jarred Kelenic with the winning run to lift the Mariners to a 2-1 win over the visiting Texas Rangers. Torrens’ hit evened the three-game series at one win apiece. The rubber match is set for Thursday afternoon. For the Mariners, Wednesday’s game resulted in their major-league leading 24th one-run victory of the season. Yet it snapped a six-game skid in such situations.

• Kelenic led off the ninth by legging out a double on a ball hit into right-center field. He advanced to third an out later on an infield single by Jake Fraley and trotted home on Torrens’ liner. Kelenic, who was sent back to Triple-A Tacoma after struggling in his first few weeks in the majors earlier this season, also drove in the Mariners’ other run with a bases-loaded walk in the sixth.

• Texas missed a chance to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth after Adolis Garcia led off with a double and advanced to third on a balk. But two strikeouts and a foul out in front of the Rangers’ third-base dugout ended the threat.

• The Rangers are scheduled to send right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (2-10, 5.77 ERA) to the mound Thursday, his fifth start against Seattle this season. He’s 0-4 with a 5.29 ERA in seven career appearances against the Mariners, including 0-2 with a 4.21 ERA in 2021.

• The Mariners are set to start left-hander Marco Gonzales (3-5, 4.73) on Thursday. Gonzales is 6-6 with a 4.29 ERA in 14 career starts against the Rangers, including 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA in two appearances this season.

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