Seattle, WA
Series Preview: Detroit Tigers open up West Coast road swing with trio at Seattle Mariners
The Detroit Tigers hit the road this week for a six-game West Coast trip that will first take them to play three against the Seattle Mariners starting Tuesday night.
After a solid showing for much of July, AJ Hinch’s squad has dropped seven of their last nine games — and with the trade deadline now in the rearview mirror, it does not look like it is going to get much better over the home stretch of the season either. Seattle has also seen some struggles lately, having gone 8-7 since the All-Star Break aided greatly by a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox plus taking two of three from the Philadephia Phillies last weekend.
These trips to the Left Coast have been perilous in the past for the Olde English D and it does not look much better over the next three games. Take a look at the pitching matchups lined up for this week’s series, with an obligatory TBD for the Tigers on Thursday.
Detroit Tigers (53-60) at Seattle Mariners (59-54)
Times (ET): Tuesday: 9:40 p.m.; Wednesday: 9:40 p.m.; Thursday: 9:40 p.m.
Place: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, Washington
SB Nation Site: Lookout Landing
Media: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Game 114 Pitching Matchup
| Player | IP | K% | BB% | FIP | fWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | K% | BB% | FIP | fWAR |
| Montero | 43.2 | 18.3 | 6.5 | 5.85 | -0.3 |
| Castillo | 136.1 | 23.3 | 6.8 | 3.71 | 2.3 |
Game 114: RHP Keider Montero (1-5, 6.18 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Castillo (9-10, 3.43 ERA)
Montero
Castillo
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Game 115 Pitching Matchup
| Player | IP | K% | BB% | FIP | fWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | K% | BB% | FIP | fWAR |
| Skubal | 136.1 | 29.9 | 4.8 | 2.64 | 4.0 |
| Kirby | 136.0 | 24.0 | 2.8 | 2.71 | 4.1 |
Game 115: LHP Tarik Skubal (12-4, 2.57 ERA) vs. RHP George Kirby (8-7, 3.04 ERA)
Skubal
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Kirby
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Game 116 Pitching Matchup
| Player | IP | K% | BB% | FIP | fWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | K% | BB% | FIP | fWAR |
| TBD | – | – | – | – | – |
| Woo | 60.2 | 18.4 | 2.6 | 3.00 | 1.4 |
Game 116: TBD vs. LHP Bryan Woo (5-1, 2.08 ERA)
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Series Outlook: It’s always tough out West
The Mariners lead the American League West but only by 1.5 games over the Houston Astros while the Tigers are 14.5 games behind the Central-leading Cleveland Guardians coming into this one.
Offensively, these teams are not terribly different, with Detroit ranked No. 26 in OPS (.676) while Seattle is ranked No. 27 (.673); in fact, the visitors have scored significantly more runs (20th, 470) than the home team (27th, 447). However, there is a significant difference in the pitching staffs, with the Mariners sitting second in the majors in ERA (3.48) while the Tigers rank 17th (4.01).
Long story short, the good guys do not match up terribly well against the home team and the difference in team records stands for a good reason. Maybe — just maybe — Detroit can catch them with their pants down this week.
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Thanks to Carrie Brown for the westward view of our Saturday night sunset. The high today hit 68 at the airport – eight degrees above normal – but nowhere near the record for this date, which was 89 degrees back in 2016. The forecast suggests two more days of partly sunny, almost-70-degree weather, before the chance of rain returns.
CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
Seattle Sports staff made additions to this post.
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