Seattle Mariners vs. Chicago White Sox (8:10 pm ET, FSN)
Seattle Mariners lag the four game series against Chicago White Sox by two games. They need to win the Game 3 (8:10 pm ET, FSN), on Wednesday, at U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois. The Mariners have a 39-62 home, 15-34 away record whereas the White Sox has a 55-44 away, 29-19 home record.
For almost two months, at home, the Chicago White Sox have been nearly invincible. At U.S. Cellular Field, their dominance over the Seattle Mariners extends back much further than that.
The White Sox look to win their 10th straight at home, with red-hot Mark Buehrle on the mound. The White Sox, are a major league-best 31-11 since June and no team has been better the last seven weeks than them. In the AL Central, they have gone from 9 1/2 games out of first place to a one-game lead on Minnesota.
As Chicago has won nine straight and 16 of its last 17 at home, almost all of those 11 losses have come on the road. With a second straight easy win over the Mariners, the White Sox continued their home dominance Tuesday night. In an 11-0 victory, they hit three homers. Alexei Ramirez in his last three games is 8 for 12 with five RBIs after going hitless in his previous 12 at-bats.
Seattle lost third baseman Jose Lopez because of a tight left hamstring in the second inning. On Tuesday, the team played without the center fielder Franklin Gutierrez. Mark Buehrle in his last 31 innings has issued three walks, tossed eight scoreless innings. In eight home starts versus Seattle, he is 6-0 with a 3.34 ERA. Against the White Sox left-hander, Ichiro Suzuki is 18 for 42 (.429). For the Mariners, Jason Vargas (6-5, 2.94) looks to continue his consistent pitching. Against Boston on Friday, Vargas was solid again.
