Bassitt scheduled to start for Oakland against Seattle

Oakland Athletics (85-72, third in AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (87-70, second in AL West)

Seattle; Tuesday, 10:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Chris Bassitt (12-4, 3.16 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 158 strikeouts) Mariners: Yusei Kikuchi (7-9, 4.36 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 163 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics travel against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.

The Mariners are 43-33 at home games in 2020. Seattle has lost .385 this season. Justin Dunn leads the team with a grade of .667.

Athletics is 42-34 on the way. The Oakland Offensive has put together a batting average of 0.238 as a team this season, Starling Marte leads the team with a 0.305 mark.

The Mariners won the last meeting 13-4. Chris Flexen took his 14th win and Mitch Haniger went 2 for 5 with two home runs and six RBIs for Seattle. Cole Irvin recorded his 15th loss for Oakland.

TOP PERFORMER: JP Crawford leads the Mariners with 163 hits and has 52 RBIs.

Matt Olson leads the athletics with 109 RBIs, beating .274.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Mariners: 8-2, .250 batting average, 4.18 ERA, outperformed opponents by nine runs

Athletics: 5-5, .221 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outperformed by one run

INJURIES: Sailors: James Paxton: (left forearm), Ljay Newsome: (elbow), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Nick Margevicius: (shoulder), Ken Giles: (elbow), Justin Dunn: (shoulder), Shed Long Jr .: (Shin), Kyle Lewis: (knees), Sam Haggerty: (shoulder), Evan White: (hips).

Athletics: Trevor Rosenthal: (chest), Daulton Jefferies: (elbow), Mike Fiers: (right elbow), Stephen Piscotty: (wrist), Jed Lowrie: (hand), Josh Harrison: (not known), Elvis Andrus: ( Leg)), Mitch Moreland: (wrist).

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