Overview
- The three-game series opens Friday with a 7:10 p.m. PT first pitch on MLB.TV and Saturday’s game set for a 5:08 p.m. PT local broadcast on FOX 13 Seattle with a contingency plan if World Cup coverage runs long.
- Seattle is expected to start right-hander Bryce Miller on Friday against San Francisco’s Landon Roupp while the club had not named the Saturday starter to face Logan Webb as of Thursday afternoon.
- The Mariners will be without outfielder Julio Rodríguez because of a concussion and the Giants listed Matt Chapman as day-to-day with an abdomen issue.
- Dimers.com ran 10,000 simulations that currently give the Mariners roughly a 57% chance to win Friday’s game and recommend spread and total plays; those projections are probabilistic forecasts and are subject to change.
- The series opens with Seattle at about 48-49 and second in the AL West while San Francisco is near 41-55, a context that both influences predictive models and could affect how teams manage innings, bullpen use and short-term roster moves.