The Rangers are coming into this game with a 33-37 record this season and they have not been playing well in their recent games. They have lost 3 of their last 5 games, including both games in this series. They are going up against a Mariners team that is leading the AL West at 42-31 this season and they have been playing very well in their recent games. They have won both games in this series against the Rangers and they have also won 6 of their last 7 games, pitching very well in those. Logan Gilbert is starting for the Mariners in this game and he is 3-4 with a 3.19 ERA this season. He is coming off of a start which he allowed 3 earned runs in and he has allowed at least 3 earned runs in each of his last 2 home starts, but he will be hungry to bounce back here. The Rangers are a team he has pitched well against recently as well, pitching almost 7 scoreless innings against them earlier this season, and even last year he only allowed 6 earned runs in a little over 18 innings pitched through 3 different games against the Rangers. Dane Dunning is starting for the Rangers here and he is 4-5 with a 4.80 ERA this season. He has not been pitching well recently as he allowed 6 earned runs in his last start and he has also allowed at least 3 earned runs in 3 of his last 4 starts. He has not pitched well against the Mariners in recent starts either, allowing at least 4 earned runs in 2 of his last 3 starts against them, and that includes his start earlier this season which he did not make it 5 innings in. This is a big series for the Mariners to spread the gap at the top of the AL West and they are going to be hungry for the sweep as they have been the better team recently. The Mariners will win this game.