The Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres are playing live on the MLB baseball afternoon schedule on Tuesday and the game starts at 3:40 pm ET from Safeco Field and comes after the two teams honored Tony Gwynn after he passed away and the game is streaming online from MLB.com and comes as the M's snapped a losing streak to get back on track at home in this short interleague series.
The Mariners are two games over .500 and they have a 16-20 record at home and they are looking to turn that around and they have a good team to do it against, as the Pads are just 29-41 on the season and are 13-22 on the road and the team will be putting Roenis Elias on the mound and the Mariners have been getting some great play from Kyle Seager, who came into the season as the best and most consistent player not names Robinson Cano. Seager has been killing the ball lately at home and he is one reason why the team remains over .500 this late in the season despite just going through a five game losing streak.
The Mariners come into the game with Felix Hernandez set to pitch on Wednesday and that will be on the road against the Padres at Petco Park. The Mariners love Felix day and he will be coming into the game at 8-2 on the season, while Elias is 5-5 and pitching on Tuesday. The Mariners are ranked 17th in the league in scoring and they are 27th in batting average, while the pitching has been excellent in the rotation and bullpen, as they are ranked in the top 10 in ERA and the top five in both WHIP and BAA this season.
The Mariners have been getting solid pitching from their rotation and this comes as their two best young prospects are on the mend still. Taijuan Walker and James Paxton have not been able to get to the rotation yet and that has put Chris Young in a tough spot, but he has been pitching very well this season, especially at home. Elias has been up and down but has been brilliant when he is up, while Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma have been the anchors of the rotation and they have been pitching well. Hernandez is going to be in consideration for the Cy Young if he keeps this up, while Iwakuma has continued on after being a finalist last season with Yu Darvish and Max Scherzer.
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