The only thing to sour New York’s 6-1 homestand was concerns about the health of several star players. Jeter left Wednesday’s game with a bruised right foot while Rodriguez lost feeling in his left hand after being hit by a pitch. Posada, meanwhile, had a swollen right hand after taking a foul ball off it.

Maybe all of those injuries will cool off the -200 favored Yankees?

The Yankees have lost two of three at Seattle in each of the previous three years but won two of three at home over the Mariners earlier this season.

CC Sabathia will try to win his third straight start when he takes the mound.

The Mariners will counter with Ian Snell, who is making his first start against the Yankees.

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The Tigers will try to rebound by improving upon their 27-13 home record, second in the majors to Boston’s 31-14 mark.

Detroit has won 12 of its last 14 at Comerica, hitting .295 with 24 homers and outscoring opponents 82-47. The Tigers have taken six of the last seven meetings with the Mariners at home.

The Tigers turn to rookie Rick Porcello, who has struggled recently, to open this three-game series.

The Mariners are 6-2 in their last eight road games and won their third straight overall Sunday, 5-3 at Cleveland to take the last three games of the four-game set.

Garrett Olson, who will start for the Mariners, is 0-1 with an 11.74 ERA in two career starts against the Tigers.

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Seattle took three of four from the Texas Rangers before the break, and in the process knocked the Rangers out of first place in the American League West.

The Indians' final game before the All-Star break looked a lot like many of their games in the first half of the season. In a 10-1 loss to Detroit, righthander Tomo Ohka only lasted 3 2/3 innings, giving up five runs.

Cliff Lee is up in the rotation Thursday, and even though he is only 4-9 on the year he has dominated the Mariners.

The lefthander is 7-1 in his career against Seattle in 10 starts.

The Mariners will counter with Garrett Olson, who is 1-0 in two career starts against the Indians.

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Winners of seven of their last eight, the Rangers are 5-0 against the Mariners this season. Texas, which swept a two-game set at Safeco in May, is batting .304 while outscoring Seattle 29-15 in 2009.

The Rangers will be in for a challenge against Hernandez, who’s 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA in his last eight starts.

The will Mariners face rookie Tommy Hunter for the first time as he makes his fourth start of the season.

Texas is 4 1/2 games ahead of the third-place Mariners in the West and are 6-1 in the last seven meetings in Seattle.

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Hernandez allowed two or fewer earned runs in each of his last seven starts, going 4-0 with an 0.85 ERA.

Hernandez is 3-1 with a 3.05 ERA in six starts against the Red Sox, and he's been undaunted by the challenge of pitching at Fenway Park, tossing 15 shutout innings in winning his two starts there.

For Boston, Tim Wakefield could become the first 11-game winner in the majors with a victory, although fellow 10-game winners Kevin Slowey and Zack Greinke are also scheduled to pitch.

The -130 favored Red Sox will be opening a 10-game home stand with the best home record in the majors at 25-10.

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CC Sabathia might be an even bigger reason. New York's ace will try to help extend the longest active winning streak in the majors and finish off a sweep of Seattle.

In his last 10 starts, Sabathia is 6-1 with a 2.83 ERA, holding opponents to a .195 average.

He'll be facing Seattle for the first time since May 21, 2007, and is 4-1 with a 1.71 ERA in his last six starts versus the Mariners.

Jason Vargas, who will pitch against the Yankees for the first time tonight, has posted an 11.57 ERA in his last two road starts.

Not a good sign if you are backing the Mariners tonight.

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The Yankees finished a 9-6 stretch against the NL, and matched their high-water mark for the season at 11 games above .500.

The Yankees are batting .348 while averaging 9.0 runs during an eight-game winning streak at home versus the Mariners, but this will be the teams' first meeting at the new Yankee Stadium.

New York will send Joba Chamberlain to the mound. This will be the righthander's first start against the Mariners.

Brandon Morrow, who has 16 saves for Seattle over the past two seasons, continues to make his transition to the starting rotation.

The Mariners are 7-20 in the last 27 meetings in New York against the -250 favored Yankees.

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Los Angeles lost the last two games of a three-game set with the Chicago White Sox, dropping the finale 6-5 in 13 innings Thursday.

Milton will make his first start since facing Philadelphia on June 5, when he gave up three runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings of Los Angeles' 4-3 win.

Milton is 1-5 with a 9.41 ERA in nine starts against the Mariners, but this will be his first appearance against them since 2002.

The Mariners are also expected to activate catcher Kenji Johjima from the DL. Johjima, who has been out since May 26, may be behind the plate to catch Jason Vargas.

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For the second straight week, Seattle's Brandon Morrow will oppose Josh Geer. The righthanders faced each other last Thursday, as the Padres won 4-3 in 10 innings to snap their major league record interleague losing streak at 13.

Morrow allowed two runs and five hits while striking out six in four innings.

Geer allowed three runs and six hits while striking out six in six innings against the Mariners on Thursday.

Geer is 0-1 with a 7.33 ERA in four starts since beating the Chicago Cubs on May 23.

Despite homering for the second time in five games, Adrian Gonzalez is two behind St. Louis' Albert Pujols for the major league lead. Both home runs came against the Mariners, a club he's batting .333 against this season.

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San Diego is 5-13 since its 10-game winning streak was snapped on May 26. It's dropped four straight overall, totaling just one run in its past three losses.

To make it worse, San Diego is 4-23 in its last 27 games versus the AL dating to 2007.

The -130 favored Padres hope to have better luck against Garrett Olson. Olson returned to the starting staff Thursday at Baltimore in a 6-3 win.

Chad Gaudin, meanwhile, will be looking to bounce back from one of the worst starts of his career. The righthander gave up eight runs and 10 hits over three innings in an 11-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday.

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