Wacha expected to start as Tampa Bay hosts Seattle

Seattle Mariners (56-50, third in AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (64-42, first in AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Monday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Chris Flexen (9-5, 3.81 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 69 strikeouts) Skates: Michael Wacha (2-2, 4.79 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 66 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -162, Mariners +142; Over / Under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Tampa Bay and Seattle meet on Monday.

The Rays are 34-20 in home games in 2020. Tampa Bay has beaten .406 this season. Tommy Hunter leads the team with a grade of 1,000.

The Mariners are 23-27 in street games. Seattle hits a collective .220 this season, led by Ty France with an average of .272.

The Mariners won the last meeting 6-2. Rafael Montero took his fifth win and Shed Long went 1-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs for Seattle. Diego Castillo recorded his fourth loss for Tampa Bay.

TOP PERFORMER: Austin Meadows leads the Rays with 45 additional base hits, beating .242.

Mitch Haniger leads the Mariners with 25 homers and slug .495.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Rays: 7-3, 0.262 batting average, 2.77 ERA, outperformed opponents by 31 runs

Mariners: 5-5, 0.239 batting average, 5.36 ERA, topped by four runs

INJURIES: Rays: Ryan Thompson: (shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: (knee), Chaz Roe: (shoulder), Cody Reed: (thumb), Colin Poche: (elbow), Collin McHugh: (arm), Tyler Glasnow: ( Elbow), JP Feyereisen: (shoulder), Pete Fairbanks: (shoulder), Oliver Drake: (forearm), Yonny Chirinos: (elbow), Jalen Beeks: (elbow), Chris Archer: (forearm), Nick Anderson: (elbow ).

Seafarers: Justus Sheffield: (not known), James Paxton: (left forearm), Ljay Newsome: (elbow), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Nick Margevicius: (shoulder), Ken Giles: (elbow), Justin Dunn: ( Shoulder.)), Kyle Lewis: (knee), Sam Haggerty: (shoulder), Jake Fraley: (illness), Evan White: (hip).

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