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Monday night on the MLB diamond and the American League of the West will face off against the American AHL while the Seattle Mariners tackle the Tampa Bay Rays. Tropicana Field in Tampa, Florida. This is the first game in a three game series and the start time is 7:10 pm ET.
Pitching Matchup: Marco Gonzales (12-10, 4.26 ERA) will give reason to Mariners and Brendan McKay (2-2, 5.08 ERA) will oppose him.
It was a good trip for browsers
The Seattle Mariners are no longer racing for the playoffs and have little to play for the moment, but they enter this series after winning four of their first six road trip games. The six games were played against the Tigers and Blue Jays, who are among the worst teams in the league. Nevertheless, winning on the road is an asset for a team that is currently 25-37 from home. The Mariners will now be looking to play the role of spoiler against a Tampa Bay team fighting for a playoff spot. The Mariners scored 20 points in their three-game series against the Tigers, while Rays scored just six points in three games against them. We'll see if they can be successful against a tough Tampa Bay pitcher team in this series.
In their last round, the Mariners lost 7-3 against the Blue Jays, but they bounced back with a 4-3 win on Saturday and 7-0 on Sunday. Yusei Kikuchi was horrible for much of the year for the Mariners, but he launched a full game Sunday. Kikuchi allowed only two hits and a walk while eliminating eight in action. It is still only 5 to 8 years old with an average of 5.19 over the year. It was only the 3rd white game of the year in Seattle. In attack, the Mariners scored four home runs, with Austin Nola (6), Kyle Seager (16), Tom Murphy (13) and Keon Broxton (6). Seattle is currently 25th in the league in point differential at -104.
Back to the border with a winning series. #TrueToTheBlue X @XFinity pic.twitter.com/k9o5J44mmX
– Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) August 19, 2019
Marco Gonzales will be 12-10 with a 4.26 ERA in 26 starts, including 0-2 with an average of 4.67 in his last three starts and 5-6 with an average of 3.93 13 starts on the road. The right-handers strike .260 from him, while the left-handers strike .340 from him. During his career, he scored 16-14 with an ERA of 4.60 in 40 games (35 starts) on the road and 1-7 with an ERA of 7.03 in 13 starts in August. Gonzales is 2-0 with an hourly average of 2.21 in three career starts against the Rays, including 1-0 with a time of 2.45 in a start here at Trop.
The Mariners were an above-average offensive team placing 14th in the championship, scoring 4.86 rpg, while ranking in the 26th. They were very poor since they came in at Ranked 27th in the ERA league at 5.09, ranking 21st in WHIP at 1.40 and 29th in K with 956 points.
Tampa is fighting with tigers
The Tampa Bay Rays currently hold the second slot in the AHL and were facing the Detroit Tigers at home, the worst team in the league. Tampa Bay won two of the three games, but it was far from easy. The Tigers won 2-0 in the first game of this series. Tampa then needed 13 innings to beat them 1-0 in the second game. The third match was also difficult, as the Rays won 5-4, but they had to rally to win the match. The Tigers had a 4-1 lead in eighth when Tampa scored two goals and two more at the end of 9th for a second consecutive victory. Ji-Man Choi won the match by winning the single single from two innings in the bottom of the ninth. Tommy Pham also had a good match with two hits and two runs produced. One shot was his 18th dingers of the season.
Is not nothing, but a baby Ji Thang.#RaysUp pic.twitter.com/EeRlCyVyt6
– Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) August 18, 2019
Trevor Richards has not had a good start to the match since he has allocated two emergency points on eight hits and a walk in just 3.1 innings of work, but he was bailed out by his exploits. Jose Alvarado, who is now 1-5 with a 4.76 ERA, won. The Rays are not supposed to fight at home against the worst team in the league, but that is exactly what happened. The Rays have been very poor at home as they are 33-29 here, compared to 40-23 on the road. The Rays are currently 5th in the league in points differential at +102. Tampa needs to play well in this series because his lead in the wildcard race is only 1.5 more games than the A. It's a good part of their program because they have these three home players against the Mariners, followed by four more on the road against the modest Orioles. After these seven games, they have three in Houston and three at home against the Indians.
Brendan McKay will be the spearhead of the Rays and he scored a 2-2 record with a 5.08 ERA in seven starts in his first year in the league, including 1-1 with a 6.28 ERA at his last three starts and 1-2 with a 5.59 ERA on starts here at home. The right-handers hit .287 from McKay, while left-handers hit .250 against him. He has not faced the Mariners yet. McKay was 6-0 with a 1.15 ERA in 14 games (12 starts) in Durham (AAA) and Montgomery (AA) combined this year.
The Rays were below average in attack as they placed 20th in the league scoring 4.66 rpg, while placing 13th with a 0.253 average and 20th with their counterparts with 165 points. they are very strong since they rank 2nd in the ERA standings with a score of 3.52, but also 3rd in the WHIP with 1.16 and the 2nd with 125%.
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