Seattle Mariners (83-68, third in AL West) vs. Houston Astros (95-56, first in AL West)

Houston; Wednesday, 8:10 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Mariners: TBD Astros: Dallas Keuchel (11-10, 3.57 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 143 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Either Seattle or Houston will take home a series victory with a win. The Astros head into the contest with a five-game lead over the Athletics in the AL West. Houston gives up 2.7 runs per game when Keuchel takes the hill. The Mariners are 35-30 against the rest of their division. Seattle is hitting a collective .254 this year, led by Jean Segura’s mark of .304. The Astros won 7-0 in Tuesday’s meeting, Josh James earned his first win of the year.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nelson Cruz has 36 home runs this season, fifth in the American League. Mitch Haniger has 14 hits and is batting .341 over his past 10 games for Seattle. Alex Bregman has 163 hits for the Astros this season. He’s batting .290 on the year. Jose Altuve has 11 hits and is batting .289 over his past 10 games for Houston.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 5-5, .242 batting average, 2.86 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs. Astros: 7-3, .249 batting average, 3.51 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.