Mariners take on the Cardinals in first of 3-game series

St. Louis Cardinals (72-72, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (75-68, second in the AL West)

Seattle; Monday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (7-10, 4.89 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 86 strikeouts); Mariners: Bryan Woo (12-7, 3.02 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 169 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners begin a three-game series at home against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.

Seattle is 41-27 at home and 75-68 overall. The Mariners have the fifth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .319.

St. Louis has gone 31-38 on the road and 72-72 overall. The Cardinals are 27-10 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The matchup Monday is the first meeting this season between the two clubs.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Naylor has a .282 batting average to lead the Mariners, and has 24 doubles, a triple and 18 home runs. Julio Rodriguez is 14 for 41 with five home runs and 16 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Ivan Herrera has 12 doubles, 14 home runs and 55 RBIs for the Cardinals. Pedro Pages is 6 for 27 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 4-6, .263 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

Cardinals: 7-3, .222 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outscored by three runs

INJURIES: Mariners: Jackson Kowar: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Trent Thornton: 60-Day IL (achilles), Logan Evans: 15-Day IL (elbow), Gregory Santos: 60-Day IL (knee), Ryan Bliss: 60-Day IL (biceps)

Cardinals: Alec Burleson: 10-Day IL (wrist), John King: 15-Day IL (back), Brendan Donovan: 10-Day IL (groin), Nolan Arenado: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat)

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