OAKLAND - After a successful road trip, the A's return home Friday night to open a three-game series with the last-place Seattle Mariners.
Oakland has won a season-high six straight games to even its record at 25-25. Seattle, meanwhile, has lost three in a row and six of its last seven.
Prior to Friday's game, the A's officially placed slugger Khris Davis on the 10-day IL with a left hip/oblique contusion. Mark Canha will fill in as Oakland's designated hitter and bat sixth in the lineup. Canha has hit five home runs in his last eight games since returning from a sprained wrist.
Chad Pinder will start in left field and bat second against Mariners left-hander Wade LeBlanc. Right-fielder Stephen Piscotty moves up to the cleanup spot and Nick Hundley will give Josh Phegley a day off behind the plate and bat ninth.
LeBlanc is 3-0 with a 3.31 ERA in seven career appearances against the A's, including five starts. Oakland will counter with right-hander Daniel Mengden, who is 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA in two starts this season. Mengden has struggled against the Mariners in his career, going 0-2 with a 5.89 ERA in four games, including three starts.
Here are the full lineups for the A's-Mariners game, which will be broadcast on NBC Sports California and the MyTeams app. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. PT, with first pitch at 7:07.
Seattle Mariners (23-29)
Mitch Haniger, CF
Daniel Vogelbach, DH
Edwin Encarnación, 1B
Omar Narváez, C
Domingo Santana, LF
J.P. Crawford, SS
Tim Beckham, 3B
Shed Long, 2B
Mallex Smith, CF
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Wade LeBlanc, LHP (2-1, 7.36 ERA)
Oakland A's (25-25)
Marcus Semien, SS
Chad Pinder, LF
Matt Chapman, 3B
Stephen Piscotty, RF
Matt Olson, 1B
Mark Canha, DH
Jurickson Profar, 2B
Ramón Laureano, CF
Nick Hundley, C
Daniel Mengden, RHP (1-1, 3.65 ERA)
