Seattle Mariners rookie Harry Ford is set to make his long-awaited first start in the major leagues.

With the Mariners locked into the American League’s No. 2 seed for the playoffs, Ford is getting the start behind the plate for Saturday’s penultimate game of the season against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Ford, ranked as Seattle’s No. 4 prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 6 by Baseball America , is batting ninth and catching for starter Logan Gilbert.

The 22 year old has appeared in six games off the bench since being called up when rosters expanded to 28 players Sept. 1. He’s had just four plate appearances and is still in search of his first career hit, but Ford got his first walkoff RBI on a sac fly in the 12th inning of a

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