Athletics (54-86, fourth in the AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (66-74, third in the AL West)

Seattle; Thursday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jack Perkins (3-10, 6.42 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 109 strikeouts); Mariners: Kade Anderson (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, eight strikeouts)

LINE: Mariners -213, Athletics +171; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners host the Athletics to begin a four-game series.

Seattle has a 66-74 record overall and a 37-31 record at home. The Mariners have gone 42-11 in games when they scored five or more runs.

The Athletics have a 54-86 record overall and a 29-42 record in road games. The Athletics have gone 28-14 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams match up Thursday for the seventh time this season. The Mariners are up 4-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cole Young has 16 doubles, three triples and 16 home runs for the Mariners. Cal Raleigh is 11 for 35 with two doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games.

Jeff McNeil leads the Athletics with a .268 batting average, and has 19 doubles, seven home runs, 26 walks and 49 RBI. Henry Bolte is 15 for 44 with two home runs and four RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 4-6, .221 batting average, 6.51 ERA, outscored by 21 runs

Athletics: 4-6, .279 batting average, 5.06 ERA, outscored by six runs

INJURIES: Mariners: Brendan Donovan: 7-Day IL (head), Matt Brash: 60-Day IL (lat), Will Wilson: 60-Day IL (thumb), Nick Davila: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Colt Emerson: 60-Day IL (wrist), Emerson Hancock: 15-Day IL (groin), Luke Raley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cole Wilcox: 15-Day IL (oblique), Logan Evans: 60-Day IL (arm)

Athletics: Tommy White: day-to-day (back), Luis Severino: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Shea Langeliers: 10-Day IL (knee), Josh Kuroda-Grauer: 60-Day IL (testicle), Jacob Wilson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Kurtz: 60-Day IL (thumb), Tyler Soderstrom: 60-Day IL (hip), Brooks Kriske: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Sterner: 60-Day IL (knee), Mark Leiter Jr.: 60-Day IL (hip), Brent Rooker: 60-Day IL (knee), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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