This is a rare weekday afternoon home start for the Angels. That means hitters are going to have it rough later in the day when shadows fall as they do at Angel Stadium. Both teams are well below average offensively. The Mariners rank 23rd in runs and 25th in batting average. The Angels are worse, ranking 25th in batting average and 27th in runs. The Angels are averaging 2.6 runs in their last five games.

I like Seattle rookie starter George Kirby, who is 4-3 with a 3.39 ERA. He hasn't given up more than two earned runs during his last six starts. He has a 2.25 ERA in two starts against the Angels. He held the Angels to one run on six hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and no walks when he faced them 11 days ago.

Angels starter Touki Toussaint is more of a wild-card. He's 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA, though, and is coming off a strong start against the A's last Wednesday holding Oakland scoreless in five innings while allowing just two hits.