Texas at Seattle

Seattle handed the Rangers their eighth loss in a row on Monday when Austin Nola belted a three-run homer in a 7-3 victory. Texas is falling out of the Wild Card race and is 19-29 on the road. Texas has scored only 26 runs in the eight losses while allowing 69. Brett Martin will make his first start for the Rangers after allowing 19 runs in 36 2/3 innings as a reliever. Tommy Milone goes for Seattle and his record is 1-4 although his opponent batting average is just .214 and he has a 3.95 ERA overall. Texas is 9-23 over its last 32 road games against left-handed starters and its last four versus southpaws overall. Also, the Rangers have lost six straight versus AL West teams. Back the Mariners in this one.