Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers meet in game 3 of series

Texas Rangers (57-54, third in the AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (59-52, second in the AL West)

Seattle; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Merrill Kelly (9-6, 3.22 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 121 strikeouts); Mariners: Luis Castillo (8-6, 3.19 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 111 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners lead 2-0 in a four-game series against the Texas Rangers.

Seattle has a 30-24 record at home and a 59-52 record overall. The Mariners are 27-11 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Texas has a 23-34 record in road games and a 57-54 record overall. Rangers pitchers have a collective 3.25 ERA, which leads the majors.

The teams meet Saturday for the 12th time this season. The Mariners are ahead 9-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cal Raleigh has 16 doubles and 42 home runs while hitting .257 for the Mariners. Julio Rodriguez is 11 for 43 with a double and five home runs over the last 10 games.

Josh Smith has a .273 batting average to lead the Rangers, and has 17 doubles, two triples and nine home runs. Kyle Higashioka is 13 for 31 with two home runs and two RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 5-5, .210 batting average, 3.30 ERA, outscored by two runs

Rangers: 6-4, .246 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

INJURIES: Mariners: Trent Thornton: 15-Day IL (achilles), Luke Raley: 10-Day IL (back), Bryce Miller: 15-Day IL (elbow), Gregory Santos: 60-Day IL (knee), Victor Robles: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Bliss: 60-Day IL (biceps)

Rangers: Josh Jung: day-to-day (calf), Jacob Webb: 15-Day IL (back), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (calf), Jake Burger: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Tyler Mahle: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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