Seattle hosts Oakland, aims to build on Gonzales' solid performance
Oakland Athletics (22-12, first in the AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (15-22, third in the AL West)
Oakland, California; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Oakland: Jesus Luzardo (2-1, 3.74 ERA) Seattle: Nick Margevicius (1-2, 3.86 ERA)
BOTTOM LINE: Seattle heads into the matchup fresh off a dominant performance by Marco Gonzales. Gonzales threw nine innings, giving up one run on four hits with eight strikeouts against Los Angeles.
The Mariners are 11-16 against AL West teams. Seattle has a collective on-base percentage of .305, led by Kyle Lewis with a mark of .418.
The Athletics are 17-8 against AL West Division opponents. The Oakland pitching staff owns a team ERA of 3.51, Mike Fiers paces the staff with a mark of 4.87.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Seager leads the Mariners with 15 extra base hits and is batting .271.
Matt Chapman leads the Athletics with 33 hits and has 25 RBIs.
INJURIES: Mariners: Erik Swanson: (forearm), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Matt Magill: (shoulder), Taylor Guilbeau: (shoulder), Carl Edwards Jr.: (right forearm), Nestor Cortes Jr.: (left elbow), Brandon Brennan: (oblique), Gerson Bautista: (elbow), Dylan Moore: (wrist), Mitch Haniger: (back), Tom Murphy: (left foot).
Athletics: Burch Smith: (right forearm), A.J. Puk: (shoulder), Marcus Semien: (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.