Athletics vs. Mariners Pick
Can the Seattle Mariners avoid another loss at home when they take on the Oakland Athletics today at 4:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Seattle is favored in this game, as the Mariners are getting odds of -165 to win. The Athletics are listed with a money line of +145 to win, while the over/under total for the game has been set at 9.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup today has Daniel Gossett (1-3, 6.23 ERA) on the mound for Oakland to face Felix Hernandez (3-3, 5.04) of the Mariners. King Felix has struggled since returning from his injury, allowing 11 earned runs over 18 innings. He has 16 strikeouts with eight walks in that span as well. His WHIP for the season is 1.54. Gossett has started five games, allowing 18 earned runs over 26 innings on the year. He has 16 strikeouts with three walks and a 1.38 WHIP.
The Athletics have won two of the three games in this series, picking up a 7-4 win on Thursday and a 4-3 win on Saturday. Oakland is 39-49 overall and 15-28 on the road while Seattle is now 42-47 overall and 26-22 at home.
A Ryon Healy double in the top of the ninth gave the Athletics the winning run. He finished with a pair of hits while Yonder Alonso hit his 20th home run of the season. Chris Smith pitched six innings for Oakland and allowed three runs while the Athletics bullpen went three innings and allowed just one hit. Andrew Moore also went six innings and allowed three runs for the Mariners, but the Seattle bullpen gave up the one run. Jarrod Dyson had a home run and a double to lead the Mariners at the plate.
Seattle has lost five of six, so taking them as a -165 favorite isn’t ideal, but I have to believe that King Felix is going to get on track at some point. Hernandez is too good to not be able to figure out what hasn’t been going right for him. Gossett is someone I certainly don’t put my faith in, especially on the road. While Oakland has some solid hitters, so does Seattle. So, I am going to go with the more reliable pitcher.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: SEATTLE MARINERS -165