The Seattle Mariners (35-35, 4th AL West) play the first of three games at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday when visiting the New York Yankees (39-33, 3rd AL East). Seattle defeated the Chicago White Sox on Sunday 5-1 for the fourth win in the last six and is off on Monday. The Mariners are fourth in the American League West 8 ½ games behind first place. New York was swept in a doubleheader by Boston at home on Sunday 6-2 and 4-1. The Yankees have lost four straight and are third in the AL East, 10 ½ behind first place. The Yankees are also off on Monday. Seattle will play without five pitchers and position player Evan White. New York will play without nine pitchers and position players Greg Allen and Aaron Judge.
The Seattle Mariners have struggled at the plate with a team batting average of .229, which is 27th in baseball. Seattle's on-base percentage is .310 which is 23rd and is 25th in slugging percentage at .382. Seattle has scored 308 runs which is 20th in baseball. Teoscar Hernandez and Julio Rodriguez lead Seattle in home runs with 12 each, while Jarred Kelenic has hit 11. Eugenio Suarez, Hernandez and Rodriguez each have 39 RBI to lead Seattle. Seattle has hit 118 doubles, 7 triples and 76 home runs in 70 games.
Seattle is in the top 10 in four major pitching categories. Seattle is first in Quality Starts with 36, 4th in WHIP at 1.20, 8th in batting average allowed at .239 and the Mariners are 10th in ERA at 3.88. Luis Castillo is the leader in strikeouts for Seattle with 98 and Tuesday’s starter George Kirby i s the leader in victories with six. Kirby is 6-5 with an ERA of 3.24 and 71 strikeouts.