Mariners vs. Astros Pick
Will the Houston Astros have enough offense to get past the Seattle Mariners when they meet up again tonight at 8:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, the Astros are favored at home tonight, as they are getting odds of -180 to win. The Mariners have a money line of +170 to win, while the over/under total for the game has been set at 9.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup for tonight has Sam Gaviglio (3-4, 4.31 ERA) on the mound for Seattle to face Brad Peacock (7-1, 2.63) of the Astros. Peacock has won his last four starts, allowing just five earned runs in 22.2 innings of work. He has 84 strikeouts on the season with a 1.30 WHIP. Gaviglio is coming off a poor outing where he allowed seven runs in 4.2 innings against the Athletics. He has 37 strikeouts this season with 19 walks and a 1.31 WHIP.
Seattle opened this series with a 9-7 win on Monday night. The road team has now won five of the last six meetings between these two. Seattle is 47-47 on the season and 20-25 on the road while Houston is 62-31 overall and 29-20 at home.
There was plenty of hitting on Monday night before Seattle came away with the win in 10 innings. Nelson Cruz hit his 20th home run of the season to lead Seattle while Kyle Seager had three hits and drove in two runs. Danny Valencia also drove in two runs with a pair of hits while Mike Zunino drove in three on two hits. Houston was led by Carlos Beltran, who had two hits and two RBI. George Springer also drove in a pair of runs for Houston.
Monday saw plenty of arms used, as Seattle had eight pitchers take the mound and Houston used seven pitchers. Today’s starters will need to go deep, or allow limited damage, or both. Peacock seems more likely to do so. While he isn’t getting deep into games, he has been able to keep runs off the board. Gaviglio has struggled and also hasn’t been getting deep into games. Houston should continue to hit the ball well today and be able to string together the pitchers to win this one.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: HOUSTON ASTROS -180