The Seattle Mariners (77-60) host the Atlanta Braves (86-51) on Sept. 9 for the first game of a three-game interleague series at T-Mobile Park. These teams last faced each other in the 2017 season at Atlanta and have not played in Seattle since 2014.
Robbie Ray gets the start for Seattle, while the Braves counter with Charlie Morton on the mound. Ray is 12-8 with a 3.45 ERA over 161.2 innings and has surrendered 130 hits, 53 walks and 24 home runs. Morton is 7-5 with a 4.01 ERA over 146 innings and has allowed 121 hits, 52 walks and 21 longballs.
The home-plate umpire's right arm could be in for quite a workout in this one as Ray ranks sixth in the league with 183 strikeouts and Morton is 10th with 175. '