Red Sox host Seattle Mariners, look to stop home slide
The Boston Red Sox are looking to end their three-game home loss with a win over the Seattle Mariners.
BOSTON- Seattle Mariners (20-20, fourth in the AL West) vs. Boston Red Sox (22-19, fifth in the AL East)
Boston; Monday 4:10 p.m. Pacific Time
Pitching Probabilities: Mariners: George Kirby (4-2, 2.62 ERA, .96 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Red Sox: Tanner Houck (3-2, 5.26 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 33 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Mariners -117, Red Sox -103; Over/Under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox are playing the Seattle Mariners in a bid to break a three-game home deficit.
Boston is 22-19 overall and 13-10 at home. The Red Sox have the second-place team batting average in the AL at .267.
Seattle won 10-8 away and 20-20 overall. The Mariners have the fourth best team ERA in baseball at 3.33.
Monday’s game is the teams’ first meeting of the season.
TOP PERFORMER: Rafael Devers has 10 doubles, 11 homers and 37 RBI while batting .255 for the Red Sox. Masataka Yoshida has a 13-40 record in the last 10 games with two doubles and two home runs.
Teoscar Hernandez leads Seattle with eight homers while hitting .414. Julio Rodriguez is 7 of 41 with two homers and seven RBI in his last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .270 batting average, 5.11 ERA, beaten by three runs
Mariners: 6-4, .247 batting average, 2.83 ERA, outperformed opponents by 17 runs
INJURIES: Red Sox: Christian Arroyo: 10-day IL (thigh), Adam Duvall: 60-day IL (wrist), Kutter Crawford: 15-day IL (knee), Garrett Whitlock: 15-day IL (elbow) , Yu Chang: 10-day IL (hand), Zack Kelly: 60-day IL (elbow), Wyatt Mills: 60-day IL (elbow), Joely Rodriguez: 15-day IL (oblique), Adalberto Mondesi: 60-day IL (knee). ), Trevor Story: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Mariners: Penn Murfee: 15-day IL (elbow), Easton McGee: 15-day IL (forearm), Evan White: 60-day IL (adductors), Andres Munoz: 15-day IL (deltoid), Robbie Ray: 15-Day IL (Flexor), Dylan Moore: 10-Day IL (Olique)
