Seattle at Oakland

Seattle has plenty of offensive punch, eighth in baseball in runs scored, slugging, and on-base percentage. Seattle is 51-36 against right-handed pitching, including a 17-8 run. The Seattle Mariners go with lefty James Paxton, who is 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA in two career starts against Oakland. Punchless Oakland is on a 3-8 run and struggles to score, ranked #28 in runs, slugging, and on-base percentage. Oakland rookie Raul Alcantara (0-1, 15.00 ERA) will be making his second career start after 123 games in the minors. He gave up five runs and five hits while failing to record a strikeout in three innings against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday in his big league debut, a 10-7 defeat. The Athletics are 6-17 against a left-handed starter, and the Mariners are 20-7 in the last 27 meetings at Oakland. Play Seattle.