Rangers and Mariners play, winner secures 3-game series

Seattle Mariners (23-30, fourth in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (25-27, third in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Sunday, 2:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: George Kirby (1-1, 3.46 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 28 strikeouts); Rangers: Martin Perez (4-2, 1.42 ERA, .92 WHIP, 49 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Both the Texas Rangers and the Seattle Mariners are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.

Texas has a 25-27 record overall and a 13-15 record at home. The Rangers have the 10th-best team ERA in baseball at 3.72.

Seattle is 23-30 overall and 11-20 in road games. The Mariners have the seventh-ranked team batting average in the AL at .237.

The teams meet Sunday for the sixth time this season. The Mariners lead the season series 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marcus Semien has nine doubles, a triple and two home runs for the Rangers. Adolis Garcia is 12-for-39 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Ty France is second on the Mariners with a .335 batting average, and has 10 doubles, seven home runs, 16 walks and 36 RBI. J.P. Crawford is 11-for-35 with a home run and two RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 6-4, .260 batting average, 2.77 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Mariners: 5-5, .251 batting average, 3.44 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Dennis Santana: day-to-day (left ankle), Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Brad Miller: 10-Day IL (hip), Jose Leclerc: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Hernandez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Mariners: Kyle Lewis: 7-Day IL (concussion), Erik Swanson: 15-Day IL (right shouler), Ken Giles: 60-Day IL (finger), Tom Murphy: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Mitch Haniger: 10-Day IL (ankle), Evan White: 60-Day IL (sports hernia), Casey Sadler: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.