The Mariners are tantalizingly close to finishing this 17-game stretch with no off-days, with just today and tomorrow’s game standing in the way before a sweet sweet off day before beginning another 13-game stretch. This is what they mean when they say baseball is a grind. Today, though, they’ll have to get past Reid Detmers and his nasty curveball, a pitch that flummoxed the hitters during the Astros series against Justin Verlander and Spencer Arrighetti.
Lineups:
With a lefty on the mound for Anaheim, the Mariners are deploying their lefty lineup, with a couple of tweaks.