St. Louis Cardinals (8-12, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (9-11, fourth in the AL West)
Seattle; Saturday, 9:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (0-1, 8.10 ERA, 2.05 WHIP, 19 strikeouts); Mariners: Luis Castillo (2-0, .73 ERA, .61 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Mariners -159, Cardinals +137; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners play the St. Louis Cardinals, leading the series 1-0.
Seattle has a 6-8 record at home and a 9-11 record overall. The Mariners have a 5-3 record in games when they record eight or more hits.
St. Louis has gone 3-4 on the road and 8-12 overall. Cardinals hitters have a collective .426 slugging percentage to rank seventh in the majors.
Saturday's game is the second time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jarred Kelenic leads the Mariners with a .311 batting average, and has five doubles, four home runs, seven walks and 11 RBI. Teoscar Hernandez is 13-for-40 with two home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.
Nolan Gorman leads the Cardinals with five home runs while slugging .617. Tyler O'Neill is 10-for-32 with three doubles, a home run and two RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 5-5, .218 batting average, 3.95 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs
Cardinals: 5-5, .246 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs
INJURIES: Mariners: Sam Haggerty: 7-Day IL (concussion), Evan White: 60-Day IL (adductor), Andres Munoz: 15-Day IL (deltoid), Robbie Ray: 15-Day IL (flexor), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (hand), Dylan Moore: 10-Day IL (olique)
Cardinals: Packy Naughton: 15-Day IL (forearm), Paul DeJong: 10-Day IL (back), Wilking Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Adam Wainwright: 15-Day IL (groin)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
