The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays are playing live on the MLB schedule from Safeco Field on Monday night and this series is huge in the AL wild card and playoff race and has Felix Hernandez on the mound and he is looking to continue his record streak and the matchup starts at 10:10 pm ET with the King's Court in full swing in the Pacific Northwest and he matches up with Drew Hutchison in the pitching duel.
Felix has been phenomenal during this stretch and he is one of the main reasons that the Mariners remain in playoff contention this late into the season. The Mariners need to score more runs, but they have been playing well and on this current home stand they are 5-1 already and looking for more. Felix is 12-3 on the season and he has the Cy Young in his pocket if he can keep things up and he has a team that just played a 19 inning game and then had to make a cross country trip.
Felix doesn't have the best stats against the Blue Jays, but he is pitching better than he ever has at this time and with the Mariners in the playoff race, the intensity is very high. Felix pitched against the Jays the past two times down the stretch and that was when he was scuffling and not on a roll like this and he is looking just fantastic this season and it has been a marvel to watch this streak.
Austin Jackson had four RBI in the last game against the White Sox and the Mariners were able to pull that one out and now they matchup against the Blue Jays. The team has their top three starters lined up for this series with Felix, Chris Young and Hisashi Iwakuma and this gives the team a strong chance to get this series and they need to keep up with the Royals in the standings and so do the Jays.
Robinson Cano is playing very well this season and he is one of the league leaders in average and he has helped change Seattle this season. Melky Cabrera comes in after getting on base eight times in the 19 inning matchup with the Tigers and he did that first the first time in baseball in decades and now the Jays and Mariners are matching up. Hernandez has a sub 2.00 ERA this season and has gone 8-2 over the stretch and he now has the chance to do it again.
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