The Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers meet up in a series that could go a long way in deciding the AL West and the AL Wild Card. The Mariners and Rangers both have 84-68 records and are just a 1/2 game behind first-place Houston and tied for the third wild card spot. The Mariners will send rookie Bryce Miller to the mound to face the Rangers' Dane Dunning. Miller is 8-5 with a 3.88 ERA and a 1.11WHIP while Dunning is 10-6 with a 3.78 ERA. The Rangers are 5-1 against the Mariners this season. Seattle is 5-5 in its last ten games and has won three in a row. Miller is 0-1 in his last five starts with an ERA of 4.26. He faced the Rangers once this season, allowing eight hits and seven runs in 2.1 innings. Over Dunning's last five games, he is 1-1 with a 7.03 ERA. He has faced the Mariners once this season, allowing two runs on six hits in six innings. Miller is a rookie and has already thrown 123 innings and looks like he could be hitting the wall. In his last five starts, he is 0-1 with 33 hits in 25 innings pitched. The Mariners have lost his last three starts. Dunning has been hit hard in his last five appearances but is 6-2 at home this season and is also 1-0 against the Mariners. The Rangers' offense has gotten a couple of players back from the injured list and their offense is returning to the form they showed for the first few months to start the season. I like the Rangers to draw first blood in this series.

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