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Mariners @ Astros
At Minute Maid Park
Astros home opener
LHP
0-1, 6.23 ERA, 2 SO
Gonzales gets his second career Opening Day start, but he faces a tough matchup. The 28-year-old lefty is 0-4 with a 7.36 ERA in 7 games (6 starts) vs. Houston, including 0-2 with a 5.66 ERA in 4 starts against the AL West champs last year.
RHP
1-0, 3.00 ERA, 7 SO
Verlander, the 2019 AL Cy Young winner, will make his 12th career Opening Day start. In 34 starts in 2019, he went 21-6 with a 2.58 ERA, 300 strikeouts and a 0.80 WHIP in 223 innings.
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Mariners @ Astros
At Minute Maid Park
RHP
0-1, 13.50 ERA, 1 SO
Walker makes his first start for Seattle since being traded to Arizona after the 2016 season, having re-signed on a one-year deal. He’s thrown just one inning in MLB since undergoing Tommy John surgery in ’18.
RHP
1-0, 3.00 ERA, 6 SO
McCullers will be making his first regular-season start since injuring his elbow Aug. 4, 2018, which led to Tommy John surgery. McCullers went 10-6 with a 3.86 ERA in 2018.
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Mariners @ Astros
At Minute Maid Park
LHP
0-0, 12.27 ERA, 4 SO
The 29-year-old southpaw is seeking his first win over the Astros after going 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in four starts last year as a rookie, including 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA in three outings at Minute Maid Park.
RHP
0-0, 8.10 ERA, 2 SO
Greinke, who carried a shutout into the seventh inning of Game 7 of the World Series, went 8-1 with a 3.02 ERA in 10 starts with Houston after being acquired in July.
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Mariners @ Astros
At Minute Maid Park
RHP
0-1, 13.50 ERA, 7 SO
Graveman, the Opening Day starter for the A’s in 2016 and ’17, makes his first start since May 11, 2018, as he’s now recovered from Tommy John surgery. He’s 4-3 with a 3.71 ERA in nine starts vs. Houston.
RHP
0-0, 9.00 ERA, 5 SO
James, who spent all of last season in the Astros bullpen, returns to his roots as the team’s fourth starter. He posted a 14.77 strikeouts-per-nine ratio last year as a rookie.
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Mariners @ Angels
At Angel Stadium
Angels home opener
LHP
0-1, 12.00 ERA, 2 SO
The 24-year-old gets his first full-time rotation role after going 0-1 with a 5.45 ERA in seven starts at the end of 2019. Sheffield was acquired from the Yankees in the James Paxton deal prior to last season.
LHP
0-0, 2.25 ERA, 4 SO
Sandoval will start the home opener for the Angels after Matt Andreise was forced to throw 5 2/3 innings in relief on Sunday. Sandoval won the sixth starter spot with a strong camp.
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