Seattle is 6-1 the last seven. Tampa is 1-10 the last 11. Seattle has won six straight with Felix Hernandez. His ERA is 1.71 in his last four starts. His WHIP is 0.94 in his last five starts. Chris Archer has lost two straight starts. Hernandez has 9-3 team mark to Tampa with an ERA of 2.28 and a WHIP of 0.981 while Archer has an 0-2 team mark to Seattle with an ERA of 7.00 and a WHIP of 1.667.

In their last 10 games Seattle has a slugging percentage edge of .043 over Tampa. Mariners are 11-4 in Hernandezs last 15 road starts vs. a team with a losing record. Tampa 2-9 home to teams with a winning record and they are 8-20 off loss.