Red Sox face the Mariners leading series 1-0

Seattle Mariners (12-11, third in the AL West) vs. Boston Red Sox (14-11, second in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Emerson Hancock (0-1, 12.71 ERA, 2.29 WHIP, four strikeouts); Red Sox: Sean Newcomb (0-2, 3.63 ERA, 1.90 WHIP, 19 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -135, Mariners +114; over/under is 10 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox bring a 1-0 advantage into the latest game of the series against the Seattle Mariners.

Boston has a 14-11 record overall and an 8-4 record in home games. The Red Sox have an 8-1 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

Seattle has gone 4-6 on the road and 12-11 overall. Mariners hitters have a collective .322 on-base percentage, the fifth-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams meet Wednesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Trevor Story leads the Red Sox with five home runs while slugging .500. Alexander David Bregman is 12-for-37 with four doubles, two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.

Cal Raleigh leads the Mariners with 14 extra base hits (five doubles and nine home runs). Rowdy Tellez is 6-for-29 with a double, four home runs and 10 RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 7-3, .244 batting average, 4.04 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

Mariners: 7-3, .250 batting average, 3.96 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Martin Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Mariners: Victor Robles: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Bliss: 60-Day IL (biceps), George Kirby: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Brash: 15-Day IL (ucl), Jackson Kowar: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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