New York Yankees (43-41, fourth in the AL East) vs. Seattle Mariners (45-41, third in the AL West)
Seattle; Wednesday, 10:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Domingo German (4-5, 4.50 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 68 strikeouts) Mariners: Yusei Kikuchi (6-3, 3.09 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 93 strikeouts)
LINE: Mariners +106, Yankees -122; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees travel to play the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.
The Mariners are 26-18 in home games in 2020. The Seattle pitching staff averages 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings, Yusei Kikuchi leads them with a mark of 9.
The Yankees have gone 20-19 away from home. New York hitters have posted a team on-base percentage of .321 this season, led by Aaron Judge with a mark of .373.
The Yankees won the last meeting 12-1. Jameson Taillon earned his fourth victory and Rougned Odor went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for New York. Justus Sheffield took his eighth loss for Seattle.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mitch Haniger leads the Mariners with 18 home runs and has 47 RBIs.
Judge leads the Yankees with 44 RBIs and is batting .282.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 6-4, .240 batting average, 5.01 ERA, outscored by five runs
Yankees: 3-7, .259 batting average, 6.07 ERA, outscored by seven runs
INJURIES: Mariners: Will Vest: (health protocols), Casey Sadler: (shoulder), James Paxton: (left forearm), Ljay Newsome: (elbow), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Nick Margevicius: (shoulder), Ken Giles: (elbow), Justin Dunn: (shoulder), Kyle Lewis: (knee), Sam Haggerty: (shoulder), Evan White: (hip).
Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: (elbow), Darren O'Day: (hamstring), Corey Kluber: (shoulder), Zack Britton: (hamstring), Aaron Hicks: (left wrist), Clint Frazier: (vertigo).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
