The Red Sox come to Seattle having won seven of eight games, but they also come in without their best offensive player. Rafael Devers was stunningly traded to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.

J.P. Crawford hit a grand slam, Emerson Hancock tossed seven scoreless innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 to complete a sweep.

The Seattle Mariners are planning to activate ace Logan Gilbert from injured list to make the start during Monday’s home series opener against the Boston Red Sox, manager Dan Wilson said before Sunday’s game.

The M’s on Friday got a strong start from Luis Castillo, three scoreless innings from the bullpen and the offense pounded out 16 hits on its way to seven runs. Then on Sunday it was seven shutout innings from Emerson Hancock, two easy innings from the bullpen and six runs from the offense.

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