Seattle takes 4-game skid into matchup with Cleveland

Cleveland Indians (20-14, second in AL Central) versus Seattle Mariners (18-19, third in AL West)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Indians: Zach Plesac (2-3, 3.83 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 31 strikeouts) Mariners: Chris Flexen (3-1, 3.78 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Seattle enters the game as the loser in the last four games.

The Mariners are 9-8 at home games in 2020. The base percentage of 0.280 for the Seattle team is the last in the American League. Ty France leads the club with an OBP of 0.336.

The Indians are 10-7 on the way. The entire Cleveland pitching team has an ERA of 3.41. Aaron Civale leads the team with an earned run average of 2.91.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mitch Haniger leads the Mariners with 10 home runs and beats .259.

Franmil Reyes leads the Indians with 16 additional base hits and 23 RBIs.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Mariners: 3-7, .185 batting average, 5.86 ERA, exceeded by 24 runs

Indians: 8-2, .213 batting average, 2.60 ERA, outperformed the opponents by 18 runs

INJURIES: Navigator: Casey Sadler: (right shoulder), James Paxton: (left forearm), Ljay Newsome: (right elbow), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Keynan Middleton: (right biceps), Nick Margevicius: (left shoulder) , Marco Gonzales: (forearm), Ken Giles: (elbow), Jake Fraley: (left Achilles tendon), Shed Long Jr .: (shin).

Indians: Cam Hill: (right wrist), Roberto Perez: (finger).

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