Mariners bring road slide into matchup against the Yankees

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Seattle Mariners (56-65, third in the AL West) vs. New York Yankees (68-52, second in the AL East)

New York; Thursday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Logan Gilbert (8-7, 3.42 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 145 strikeouts); Yankees: Max Fried (4-3, 2.88 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 75 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -139, Mariners +124; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners hit the road against the New York Yankees looking to stop a four-game road slide.

New York has a 31-26 record in home games and a 68-52 record overall. The Yankees have the top team slugging percentage in the AL at .413.

Seattle is 56-65 overall and 23-36 in road games. Mariners pitchers have a collective 3.85 ERA, which ranks sixth in the AL.

The teams play Thursday for the sixth time this season. The Yankees are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice has 20 doubles, three triples and 32 home runs for the Yankees. Trent Grisham is 11 for 38 with five doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.

Julio Rodriguez has 16 doubles and 19 home runs for the Mariners. Randy Arozarena is 9 for 39 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .223 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

Mariners: 3-7, .215 batting average, 4.91 ERA, outscored by 28 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kervin Castro: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow), Aaron Judge: 60-Day IL (rib), Cody Bellinger: 10-Day IL (leg), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg)

Mariners: Cole Young: day-to-day (head), Carlos Vargas: 60-Day IL (lat), Gabe Speier: day-to-day (back ), Luke Raley: 10-Day IL (elbow), Cooper Criswell: 60-Day IL (shoulder), J.P. Crawford: 10-Day IL (wrist), Will Wilson: 60-Day IL (thumb), Matt Brash: 15-Day IL (lat), Cole Wilcox: 15-Day IL (oblique), Logan Evans: 60-Day IL (arm)

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