The A’s are back home and are set to welcome a division rival to Sacramento for the first time. The Seattle Mariners will come to Sutter Health Park for the first time to begin what should be a critical series for both of these upstart young squads.
Seattle sits atop the division entering this series with a record of 20-13. They’ve overcome a rough first week of the season and have been one of the hotter teams in the league since as they’ve gone 17-6 over their past 23 games. Seattle can attribute a lot of their early success to a starting staff that has been one of the best in the entire sport through the first month-plus of the season.