Gilbert expected to start for Seattle against Boston

Boston Red Sox (81-64, third in AL East) vs. Seattle Mariners (77-66, third in AL West)

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

PITCHING LIKELIHOODS: Red Sox: Eduardo Rodriguez (11-8, 5.15 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 159 strikeouts) Sailors: Logan Gilbert (5-5, 5.10 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 106 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mariners +109, Red Sox -127; Over / Under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Seattle and Boston meet on Monday.

The Mariners are 41-31 at home games in 2020. Seattle has hit 180 home runs as a team this season. Kyle Seager leads the team at 34, averaging one in every 15.6 for bats.

The Red Sox are 37-35 in street games. Boston has a collective on-base percentage of .324, led by Xander Bogaerts with a mark of .366.

The Red Sox won the last meeting 5-3. Eduardo Rodriguez took his fourth win and JD Martinez went 2-3 with two doubles for Boston. Nick Margevicius suffered his second defeat for Seattle.

TOP PERFORMER: Seager leads the Mariners with 57 additional base hits and is .446 slug.

Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 69 additional base hits and 104 RBIs.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Mariners: 6-4, 0.228 batting average, 4.21 ERA

Red Sox: 5-5, 0.275 batting average, 4.37 ERA, beaten by four runs

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: (knee), Sam Haggerty: (shoulder), Jake Fraley: (shoulder), Evan White: (hip).

Red Sox: Phillips Valdez: (covid-19), Chris Sale: (covid-19), Martin Perez: (covid-19), Eduard Bazardo: (lat), Matt Barnes: (covid-19), Danny Santana: ( covid-19), JD Martinez: (back), Jarren Duran: (covid-19), Yairo Munoz: (covid-19), Christian Arroyo: (health protocols).

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