Seattle Mariners at Arizona Diamondbacks 3/3/23

The Seattle Mariners continue their spring training schedule on Friday with a visit to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Seattle will play the San Diego Padres on Thursday before facing Arizona Friday. Seattle is 2-4 through its first six games of spring training, with its most recent game resulting in a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs that followed a 9-8 victory over the Cleveland Guardians.

Harry Ford is batting .667 to lead Seattle, while Jarred Kelenic has team highs in home runs with three and RBIs with four. Mason McCoy is the leader in hits with four. Seattle has a team batting average of .259 and slugging percentage of .449. Seattle has hit 10 doubles, one triple and nine home runs in spring training. On the mound, Seattle has a team ERA of 6.53 and WHIP of 1.73.

Arizona pays a visit to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday before returning home and hosting the Seattle Mariners on Friday. Arizona is 2-4 through its first six games of spring training. Arizona defeated the San Francisco Giants 8-5 in their most recent outing and have won two of the last three after opening their spring training schedule with three straight losses.

PJ Higgins is batting a team high .667, while Carson Kelly is one of seven players for Arizona with one home run, while the leader in RBIs is Emmanuel Rivera with five. Kelly is the leader in hits with four. The Diamondbacks have nine doubles, one triple and seven home runs. Arizona has a team batting average of .273 and a slugging percentage of .426.

Seattle has performed poorly of late during spring training losing four of its last five. The Mariners have struggled on the mound with a team ERA of 6.53 and WHIP of 1.73. Seattle's pitching staff has given up 37 earned runs while issuing 25 based on balls through the first six games. Look for Arizona’s hitters to take advantage of poor Seattle pitching and come out on top Friday. Final Score Prediction, Arizona Diamondbacks win 6-3.