Arizona Diamondbacks (45-95, fifth in the NL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (76-64, third in the AL West)
Seattle; Friday, 10:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Madison Bumgarner (7-9, 4.52 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 106 strikeouts) Mariners: Marco Gonzales (7-5, 4.17 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)
LINE: Mariners -155, Diamondbacks +135; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Josh Rojas and the Diamondbacks will take on the Mariners Friday.
The Mariners are 40-29 on their home turf. Seattle has a team on-base percentage of .300, led by Ty France with a mark of .361.
The Diamondbacks are 17-52 on the road. Arizona has a team on-base percentage of .307, led by Josh Rojas with a mark of .345.
The Mariners won the last meeting 10-4. Yohan Ramirez earned his first victory and Abraham Toro went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs for Seattle. Taylor Clarke took his third loss for Arizona.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Seager leads the Mariners with 34 home runs and has 94 RBIs.
Rojas leads the Diamondbacks with 11 home runs and is slugging .433.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 7-3, .228 batting average, 3.62 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs
Diamondbacks: 1-9, .212 batting average, 5.54 ERA, outscored by 25 runs
INJURIES: Mariners: James Paxton: (left forearm), Ljay Newsome: (elbow), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Nick Margevicius: (shoulder), Ken Giles: (elbow), Justin Dunn: (shoulder), Shed Long Jr.: (shin), Kyle Lewis: (knee), Sam Haggerty: (shoulder), Jake Fraley: (shoulder), Evan White: (hip).
Diamondbacks: Merrill Kelly: (covid-19), Chris Devenski: (elbow), Tyler Clippard: (health protocols), Kole Calhoun: (hamstring).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
