The Rangers again? Well, this series marks the final time the Mariners will square off against them in 2021, meaning one last trip to the cavernous new Globe Life Field in Arlington. Despite adeptly handling Texas in the friendly confines of T-Mobile Park, Seattle has struggled when facing them on the road, with Jonah Heim cementing himself into the Mariner Killer Pantheon with walk-off home runs in back-to-back games the last time the M’s were here. Let’s all hope this series ends better.
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With Nathaniel Lowe the sole lefty bat for Texas, Tyler Anderson will need to rely on his changeup early to get through its lineup - although he should be plenty familiar at this point, given it’s the third time in his four Seattle starts that he’s faced them.