The Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox will take the field on Tuesday at Fenway Park. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m. ET.
Seattle (20-20 SU and 21-19 RL) will start ace right-hander Luis Castillo. The 30-year-old is 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA and 0.99 WHIP in eight outings this season.
Boston (22-19 SU and 22-19 RL) will start right-hander Nick Pivetta. The 30-year-old is 2-3 with a 6.23 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in seven outings this year.
The Mariners are -140 moneyline favorites and the game total is 9.5.
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Seattle is 21-21 heading into its series with Boston and five games out of first place in the AL West. Is this team still a playoff contender? The next few weeks will be telling!
The Mariners score 4.35 runs per game (15th) and hit .225 (30th) with a .675 OPS (27th). They've hit 41 home runs (22nd) and stolen 24 bases (22nd) in 2023. The Seattle pitching staff has compiled a 3.30 ERA (4th) and a 1.15 WHIP (2nd) with 20 quality starts.
Luis Castillo's 7th, 8th and 9th Ks
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— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 10, 2023
Castillo gets the nod for the visitors in game two of the three-game set. The veteran righty lasted five innings in his last outing, surrendering three earned runs on eight hits with nine strikeouts. He has lasted five-plus innings in all of his starts, with 52 Ks and nine walks.