Seattle Mariners vs. Detroit Tigers Preview and Predictions 05-13-2018
13th May 2018 by Gracenote
southpaw james paxton steps on the mound for the first time since firing a no-hitter when he leads his seattle mariners into the finale of a three-game series at the detroit tigers on sunday. paxton recorded the sixth no-hitter in franchise history in a 5-0 win at toronto on tuesday, etching his name in the history books in his home country.
"you couldn't write this stuff," paxton, a native of british columbia, told the media after the gem. "pretty amazing to have it happen against the blue jays, at home in canada." after the series opener in detroit was rained out, the teams split a doubleheader saturday, with the mariners claiming the nightcap 9-5 behind homers by ryon healy and robinson cano. healy has seven home runs in his last 13 games and owns multiple hits in six of those contests. jose iglesias went deep with a man on and grayson greiner had a pair of rbi singles as detroit took the first game of the doubleheader 4-3.
tv: 1:10 p.m. et, root northwest (seattle), fs detroit
pitching matchup: mariners lh james paxton (2-1, 3.40 era) vs. tigers lh blaine hardy (0-0, 2.70)
paxton has 16 scoreless innings and 23 strikeouts over his last two outings and owns 67 strikeouts with 35 hits allowed in 47 2/3 innings for the year. the 29-year-old is 1-0 with a 3.30 era in five road starts. james mccann is 3-for-8 with a home run against paxton, who is 2-1 with a 3.19 era lifetime against the tigers.
hardy is making the first start of his career after 167 relief appearances, the most recent of which came wednesday at texas. he has not pitched at home since sept. 23 but is 6-1 with a 3.19 era in his career at comerica park. the 31-year-old allowed one run in 10 1/3 innings spread over nine relief outings in his career against the mariners.
walk-offs
1. mariners manager scott servais is expected to be back with the team after missing saturday's action to see his daughter's graduation at ole miss.
2. mccann had a hit in both ends of the doubleheader to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.
3. seattle 3b kyle seager has two homers, two doubles, five runs scored and seven rbis over his last three contests.
prediction: mariners 6, tigers 3
13th May 2018 by Gracenote
southpaw james paxton steps on the mound for the first time since firing a no-hitter when he leads his seattle mariners into the finale of a three-game series at the detroit tigers on sunday. paxton recorded the sixth no-hitter in franchise history in a 5-0 win at toronto on tuesday, etching his name in the history books in his home country.
"you couldn't write this stuff," paxton, a native of british columbia, told the media after the gem. "pretty amazing to have it happen against the blue jays, at home in canada." after the series opener in detroit was rained out, the teams split a doubleheader saturday, with the mariners claiming the nightcap 9-5 behind homers by ryon healy and robinson cano. healy has seven home runs in his last 13 games and owns multiple hits in six of those contests. jose iglesias went deep with a man on and grayson greiner had a pair of rbi singles as detroit took the first game of the doubleheader 4-3.
tv: 1:10 p.m. et, root northwest (seattle), fs detroit
pitching matchup: mariners lh james paxton (2-1, 3.40 era) vs. tigers lh blaine hardy (0-0, 2.70)
paxton has 16 scoreless innings and 23 strikeouts over his last two outings and owns 67 strikeouts with 35 hits allowed in 47 2/3 innings for the year. the 29-year-old is 1-0 with a 3.30 era in five road starts. james mccann is 3-for-8 with a home run against paxton, who is 2-1 with a 3.19 era lifetime against the tigers.
hardy is making the first start of his career after 167 relief appearances, the most recent of which came wednesday at texas. he has not pitched at home since sept. 23 but is 6-1 with a 3.19 era in his career at comerica park. the 31-year-old allowed one run in 10 1/3 innings spread over nine relief outings in his career against the mariners.
walk-offs
1. mariners manager scott servais is expected to be back with the team after missing saturday's action to see his daughter's graduation at ole miss.
2. mccann had a hit in both ends of the doubleheader to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.
3. seattle 3b kyle seager has two homers, two doubles, five runs scored and seven rbis over his last three contests.
prediction: mariners 6, tigers 3
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