The Seattle Mariners will play the Houston Astros in Game 2 of their series at Minute Maid Park on Thursday afternoon. Houston leads the series 1-0.
The Seattle Mariners were 90-72 during the regular season and defeated Toronto in the AL Wild Card Round. Seattle lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 8-7 after holding a 7-3 lead in the eighth inning. The Seattle pitching staff has a 5.74 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and a .283 opponent batting average this postseason. The Mariners offense has scored 21 runs with a .297 batting average and a .347 on base percentage. Cal Raleigh is batting .417 with one home run and four RBI’s for the Mariners this postseason. The projected starter for Seattle is Luis Castillo, who threw 7.1 scoreless innings against the Blue Jays in the Wild Card round.
The Houston Astros were 106-56 during the regular season and have won five of their last six games. Houston used a two-run homerun by Bregman in the eighth and a three-run homerun by Alvarez in the ninth to complete the comeback win. The Houston pitching staff has a 7.00 ERA, a 1.56 WHIP, and a .351 opponent batting average. The Astros offense has scored eight runs with a .306 batting average and a .359 on base percentage this postseason. Yordan Alvarez is batting .600 with one home run and five RBI’s for the Astros this postseason. The projected starter for Houston is Framber Valdez, who was 17-6 with a 2.82 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP over 201.1 innings pitched in the regular season.
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