10:10 pm
September 13

Red Sox @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Boston Red Sox (81-64)

@ Seattle Mariners (77-66)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Rodriguez (BOS): 11-8; 5.15 ERA

Gilbert (SEA) 5-5; 5.10 ERA

 

Current odds:

Boston Red Sox: (-120)

Seattle Mariners: (+100)

 

• With three weeks remaining in the regular season, the Seattle Mariners are still in the hunt for a playoff spot. It’s safe to say not many preseason prognosticators saw that coming, considering the Mariners haven’t made the postseason since 2001, the longest drought in the four major professional sports.

• The Mariners (77-66) will open a three-game series at home against the Boston Red Sox (81-64) on Monday night, one of the teams they’re chasing for an American League wild-card berth.

• Boston is tied with Toronto for the first wild-card berth, with Seattle three games back. Boston and Seattle split a four-game series at Fenway Park in late April.

• The Mariners pulled within a game of a playoff spot Friday before losing two straight to lowly Arizona, including 5-4 Sunday afternoon despite home runs by Mitch Haniger, Dylan Moore and Jarred Kelenic.

• The Mariners have won a major-league-leading 30 one-run games, which has made up for their minus-57 run differential. They are the only AL team with a negative run differential and a winning record.

• The Red Sox have remained in the race despite a COVID-19 outbreak that has lasted two weeks and has put a dozen players and coaches on the injured list.

• Boston lost 2-1 to the host Chicago White Sox on Sunday, losing two of three games against the AL Central leaders. Each contest was decided by one run. “We’re playing good baseball. The last three games, they have felt like the playoffs. The at-bats, the intensity, the moves,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “Obviously, we didn’t win the series, but we played well. We’ll be ready. We’ve got Eduardo (Rodriguez), Nate (Eovaldi), and we’ll go from there (in Seattle).”

• Rodriguez is 4-3 with a 3.72 ERA in eight career starts against Seattle. He defeated the Mariners 5-3 on April 25 in Boston, going seven innings and allowing three runs on six hits, with no walks and eight strikeouts.

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