Astros vs. Mariners Pick
Can the Houston Astros avoid another loss to the Seattle Mariners when the two meet up again tonight at 10:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Astros are the clear favorite on the road, as they are getting odds of -170 to win, while the Mariners are listed with odds of +155 to prevail. The over/under total for tonight’s game is set at 9 runs.
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The pitching matchup for tonight’s game has Lance McCullers Jr. (6-1, 2.58 ERA) pitching for Houston to face Sam Gaviglio (3-1, 3.43) of the Mariners. McCullers has been steady for well over a month, allowing just six earned runs over his last seven starts. He has 89 strikeouts with 23 walks and a 1.06 WHIP on the season. Gaviglio has been somewhat rolling along too, allowing just two runs or less in three of his last four starts. He has just 25 strikeouts with 12 walks and a WHIP of 1.19.
Seattle took the first game in this series, 13-3, on Friday night. The Mariners have now won six straight to get to 39-37 overall and 25-13 at home. Houston is 50-25 overall and 27-9 on the road.
Felix Hernandez returned to the mound on Friday and he got plenty of run support. The Mariners chased Joe Musgrove after 3.2 innings. He allowed nine runs on 12 hits to fall to 4-7 on the season. King Felix pitched six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits with six strikeouts to get his third win of 2017. Mike Zunino drove in three runs on two hits to lead Seattle while Danny Valencia had four hits and two RBI. Jose Altuve hit his 11th home run of the season to lead Houston.
The Mariners are hot and Gaviglio has been pitching pretty well. The team has won the last five times he has taken the mound. McCullers has been great as well and Houston has won his last six starts, but I am going to roll the dice on Seattle tonight. The Mariners are at home and their hitters have really been going strong during this win streak. Houston hasn’t been its usual self for the last few weeks and I think their bats will struggle on the road tonight.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: SEATTLE MARINERS +155