With last night’s 5-4 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks, the Seattle Mariners are now just one game back of the stumbling, bumbling New York Yankees for the second Wild Card spot in the AL. Seattle will send Chris Flexen to the hill tonight in the sandwich game of their 3-game set. Flexen has been delivering all year, with a record of 11-5, an ERA of 3.56, and the Mariners are 8-0 in his last 8 starts against a team with a losing record. Arizona is expected to counter with Humberto Castellanos. He is 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA and did not look good in his last start against Seattle where he yielded 5 runs in just 3-2/3 innings of work. The Snakes have lost 6 straight, 11 of their last 12, and are 0-4 this year against the Mariners.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SEATTLE MARINERS