As I mentioned in the series preview, this is the last time the Mariners will have to see the Astros until late July, so everyone grit your teeth and let’s get through this together. It’s only three games, we can do it.
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The Mariners don’t have more than a 50% chance to win any of these games per 538, but tonight’s contest lands squarely in the middle of their less-than-average chances. As Jake pointed out in the series preview, Javier completely shut down the Mariners the last time he faced them, at what would be the beginning of the Mariners’ MayDay Slump; here’s hoping the Mariners hitters took some time to study and improve their approaches against him in the intervening month.