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<\/a><\/p>\nARLINGTON, TEXAS – JULY 20: Jacob Degrom #48 of the Texas Rangers pitches during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Globe Life Field on July 20, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n
Game 1 Pitching MatchupPitcherIPK%BB%HR\/FB%GB%ERAFIPMacKenzie Gore110.225.7%8.8%11.0%37.0%4.803.82Bryce Miller63.129.5%4.1%12.7%39.5%2.273.23LHP MacKenzie GorePitchUsage vRHBUsage vLHBVelocityStuff+Whiff+BIP+xwOBAFour-seam48.1%34.6%95.495105950.307Sinker1.0%18.2%95.21021121500.394Cutter11.6%0.0%89.994112680.375Changeup13.9%0.0%86.793115500.172Curveball25.3%6.2%81.810898900.316Slider0.1%40.9%85.799741260.290<\/p>\n
From a previous series preview:<\/p>\n
MacKenzie Gore was the Rangers\u2019 big offseason acquisition in January. After being included in the blockbuster Juan Soto trade (the first one from Washington to San Diego), Gore has established himself as a solid frontline starter over the last few years. His secondary weapons are all fantastic \u2014 he\u2019s the only pitcher in baseball to feature four pitches with whiff rates north of 35% \u2014 but he\u2019s often let down by an inconsistent fastball. When he\u2019s locating his heater well, it can give opposing batters fits. But too often \u2014 and particularly during the second half of the season when he\u2019s worn down significantly \u2014 his locations will leak into the middle of the zone and batters will punish the pitch.<\/p>\n
Gore was pretty solid through the first three months of the season, running a 4.05 ERA and a 3.43 FIP through the end of June. July hasn\u2019t been kind to him, however \u2014 he\u2019s allowed 18 runs in 19.2 innings this month \u2014 and it looks like he\u2019s about to stumble through another second-half slide like he has every season before this. In his two starts against the Mariners this year, he held them scoreless at home in five innings and then gave up five runs in five innings in Seattle the next time around.<\/p>\n
Game 2 Pitching MatchupPitcherIPK%BB%HR\/FB%GB%ERAFIPNathan Eovaldi115.125.3%5.8%20.4%49.8%4.214.35Bryan Woo110.124.2%4.9%8.8%38.1%4.163.22RHP Nathan EovaldiPitchUsage vRHBUsage vLHBVelocityStuff+Whiff+BIP+xwOBAFour-seam12.9%13.6%94.6901001000.424Sinker17.6%0.1%93.5101641710.332Cutter13.2%24.4%90.595120950.366Splitter34.0%39.7%88.595100910.274Curveball22.3%22.2%76.4101126810.233<\/p>\n
From a previous series preview:<\/p>\n
Nathan Eovaldi has been forced to figure out how to do more with less (fastball velocity). Last year, he dropped the usage of his four-seam fastball by nearly 15 points, added a sinker to his repertoire, and increased the usage of his cutter and curveball. The result was a pitch mix that was a lot less predictable and a lot less dependent on his deteriorating velocity. Unfortunately, elbow and shoulder injuries derailed the success he was seeing with his new approach, and he spent most of the second half of the season on the shelf.<\/p>\n
Eovaldi has dramatically shifted away from his fastball this year, dropping its usage to just 13%. He\u2019s now throwing his splitter and curveball more than half the time, though that shift in pitch mix hasn\u2019t exactly resulted in great topline results. He\u2019s been pretty inconsistent throughout the year despite leaning on his two big swing-and-miss pitches. Previously against the Mariners, he allowed two runs in six innings in Arlington and then four runs in five innings back in Seattle.<\/p>\n
Game 3 Pitching MatchupPitcherIPK%BB%HR\/FB%GB%ERAFIPJacob deGrom105.130.2%5.7%13.3%35.2%3.763.33Logan Gilbert12027.3%5.3%10.9%35.8%3.383.33RHP Jacob deGromPitchUsage vRHBUsage vLHBVelocityStuff+Whiff+BIP+xwOBAFour-seam40.7%43.1%97.2107118820.354Sinker4.4%0.1%96.2Changeup3.1%20.7%89.8108143720.222Curveball3.8%8.1%80.71041571470.194Slider48.0%28.0%91.11121201010.253<\/p>\n
From a previous series preview:<\/p>\n
Last year, Jacob deGrom made 30 starts for the first time since 2019 and crossed the 150 IP threshold for just the fifth time in his career. That health was the result of a conscious effort to pitch with a little less intensity. His fastball velocity was down about a tick from where it was at his peak, though it still averaged 97.5 mph. From a results standpoint, he ran his lowest strikeout rate since 2016 and the highest FIP of his career. Even in his diminished form, he was still one of the better pitchers in baseball, and as they say, the best ability is availability.<\/p>\n
deGrom has continued to pitch excellently in his age-38 season, and more importantly, he\u2019s stayed mostly healthy. In his two previous starts against the Mariners, he\u2019s allowed a single run across nine innings.<\/p>\n
Game 4 Pitching MatchupPitcherIPK%BB%HR\/FB%GB%ERAFIPKumar Rocker9620.9%8.8%11.5%44.6%4.134.16George Kirby11621.8%5.2%9.2%47.0%3.573.24RHP Kumar RockerPitchUsage vRHBUsage vLHBVelocityStuff+Whiff+BIP+xwOBAFour-seam6.5%15.6%94.482111980.346Sinker42.1%21.4%94.3100661210.399Cutter13.4%16.1%90.38394950.409Changeup0.0%8.9%88.772Slider38.0%38.0%83.2941231110.209<\/p>\n
Kumar Rocker has taken a big step forward this year, not because he\u2019s improved his strikeout-to-walk ratio in any meaningful way, but simply because he isn\u2019t allowing as much hard contact. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is essentially unchanged from where it\u2019s been during his first two seasons in the big leagues, but his hard hit and barrel rates allowed have dropped significantly. The biggest change in his profile is a greater emphasis on his death ball slider; he\u2019s throwing it 38% of the time, is running a 41% whiff rate with it, and opposing batters have produced a .211 wOBA against it. His other pitches don\u2019t stand out in any meaningful way, so it really seems like his improvement stems from leaning on his best pitch a lot more often.<\/p>\n
AL West StandingsTeamW-LW%Games BehindRun DiffRecent FormRangers51-510.500\u2014-30W-L-L-W-LMariners51-520.4950.5+17W-W-W-L-LAstros50-540.4812.0-45L-L-W-W-WAthletics43-590.4228.0-122W-L-W-L-LAngels41-620.39810.5-58L-W-W-W-LAL Wild Card StandingsTeamW-LW%Games BehindRun DiffRecent FormYankees57-450.559+4.5+88L-W-W-L-WGuardians54-500.519+0.5-6L-W-W-L-LRed Sox52-490.515\u2014+45W-W-W-W-LMariners51-520.4952.0+17W-W-W-L-LTwins51-530.4902.5-30L-L-L-W-W<\/p>\n
The Astros bounced back from being swept last weekend by sweeping the Marlins this week; they\u2019ll head to Chicago to face the White Sox this weekend. We\u2019re fans of the Athletics this weekend as they take on the Twins in Minnesota. The Red Sox finally had their win streak snapped at 15 games on Wednesday, but they\u2019ve opened up a two-game lead in the Wild Card race. Boston hosts the Blue Jays this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a backbreaking loss to the Reds on Wednesday, the Mariners head into this huge series against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,105964,91623],"class_list":["post-385677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-seattle-mariners-game-information","tag-seattle-mariners-scores-standings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}