Today at 3:35 p.m. ET, the Seattle Mariners (16-15) and Oakland Athletics (19-14) take the field at the O.co Coliseum for a traditional double header. The games can be live streamed here. Seattle fans can hear all of the action on 710 WEPN while Oakland fans can do the same on 95.7 The Game.
The Mariners look for their third and fourth straight wins and to sweep the double header to end a 10-game road trip that they are currently 6-1 on with a postponement. The Athletics, meanwhile, have lost three of their last five and will look to conclude this series with a pair of wins before the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox come to town to close out the homestand.
In Game 1, Felix Hernandez (3-1, 2.53 ERA) takes the ball for the Seattle while Dan Straily (1-2, 5.01 ERA) toes the rubber for Oakland. In Game 2, the Mariners send out Erasmo Ramirez (1-3, 6.75 ERA) while the A's counter with Arnold Leon, who went 2-1 with a 4.34 ERA in six starts for Triple-A Sacramento and is set to make his big league debut.
"First time in the big leagues, it's going to be a great moment," Leon told MLB.com of the start. "All my family's going to be here. It's going to be a special day."
While dealing with the flu during his last start against the Oakland Athletics, Hernandez yielded two earned runs (three total) on five hits and a pair of walks while striking out three in a no-decision. King Felix hasn't earned a victory since April 11.
Straily recently allowed two runs on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts while lasting just 4 1/3 innings against the Boston Red Sox.
A's third baseman Josh Donaldson leads the team in homers (seven), is second in RBIs (23) and is third in the American League with 25 runs scored. Outfielder Josh Reddick is expected to start one of these games while working through an ankle injury. Reddick, who is hitless in his last 14 at-bats, is hitting just .215 with a homer and 19 RBIs.
Robinson Cano has paced Mariners regulars in average (.298) while launching one homer and ranking second on the team with 18 RBIs behind Justin Smoak, who has knocked in 20 runs.
The Mariners and Athletics play a double dip today at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland.
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