Yankees vs. Mariners Pick
Can the Seattle Mariners avoid another loss at home to the New York Yankees when the two meet up again tonight at 10:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, New York is favored on the road tonight, as the Yankees are getting odds of -125 to win. Seattle it listed with odds of +115 at home, while the over/under total for the game is set at 9 runs.
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The pitching matchup for this game has C.C. Sabathia (8-3, 3.54 ERA) on the mound for New York to face Andrew Moore (1-1, 5.25) of the Mariners. CC has really been stellar for the most part this season. He has allowed two earned runs or less in seven of his last eight starts, including four without allowing an earned run at all. CC has 66 strikeouts with 32 walks and a 1.27 WHIP this season. Moore has made three starts, allowing 14 earned runs over 24 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks. He has given up at least three runs in each start.
These two opened the weekend series on Thursday night with New York getting a 4-1 win at home. The Yankees have won their last three over the Mariners. Seattle is 48-49 on the season and 27-23 at home this season while New York is 49-45 overall and 23-28 on the road.
The Mariners had 10 hits on Thursday, but couldn’t bring in the runners. Luis Severino managed to avoid any major damage and pitched seven scoreless innings to improve to 6-4 on the season. Felix Hernandez was great as well, going seven innings with nine strikeouts, but he allowed a run and that was enough to take the loss. Brett Gardner homered to lead the Yankees while Didi Gregorius and Chase Headley each had a pair of hits for New York. Robinson Cano had three hits and the lone RBI for the Mariners.
Sabathia has proven these numbers are legit and, even if he were to take a step back, he still hasn’t allowed major damage in months. Moore is consistently giving up at least three runs, so I expect this New York batting order to tack on a few more than that. That should be enough run support for Sabathia against this Seattle lineup that can get cold quickly.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: NEW YORK YANKEES -125