Blackburn scheduled to start as Oakland hosts Seattle

Seattle Mariners (81-69, third in AL West) vs. Oakland Athletics (82-68, second in AL West)

Oakland, California; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Marco Gonzales (8-5, 3.98 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 95 strikeouts) Athletics: Paul Blackburn (1-2, 4.94 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 18 strikeouts)

LINE: athletics -127, seafarers +109; Over / Under is 8 1/2 runs

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

The athletics at home games in 2020 are 40-35. Oakland averages 4.3 RBI per game this season. Matt Olson leads the team with a total of 103 runs.

The Mariners are 39-36 in street games. Seattle has shot down .382 this season. Mitch Haniger leads the team with a grade of .476.

The Mariners won the last meeting 4-2. Tyler Anderson took his seventh win and Kyle Seager went 3-for-4 for Seattle with a double and three RBIs. Sean Manaea recorded his ninth loss for Oakland.

TOP PERFORMERS: Olson leads athletics with 69 additional base hits and beats .274.

Seager leads the Mariners with 59 additional base hits and beats .211.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Athletics: 6-4, .267 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outperforming opponents by eight runs

Mariners: 5-5, .230 batting average, 4.38 ERA, topped by seven runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Trevor Rosenthal: (chest), Daulton Jefferies: (elbow), Mike Fiers: (right elbow), Chris Bassitt: (face), Stephen Piscotty: (wrist), Mitch Moreland: (wrist).

Seafarers: 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).

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The Associated Press created this story with the technology of Data Skrive and data from Sports Radar.