Astros vs. Mariners Pick
Will the Houston Astros salvage a split with the Seattle Mariners when the two close out their series today at 4:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Astros are the slight favorite on the road, as they are getting odds of -115 to win. The Mariners are listed with odds of +105 at home, while the over/under total for the game has been set at 10 runs.
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The pitching matchup today has Francis Martes (2-0, 5.02 ERA) pitching for Houston to face Ariel Miranda (6-3, 4.04) of the Mariners. Martes is making just his fourth start of the season. He has pitched 14.1 innings this year, allowing eight earned runs with 13 strikeouts and seven walks. Miranda has been good for the most part over the last five weeks. Of his last eight starts, he has allowed just two runs or less in seven of those. On the season he has 68 strikeouts with 32 walks and a 1.22 WHIP.
These two have split the first two meetings of the series. Seattle had a 13-3 win on Friday while Houston got a 5-2 win on Saturday. Houston has won six of nine meetings with Seattle this season. The Astros are now 51-25 overall and 28-9 on the road. Seattle is 39-38 overall and 25-14 at home.
The Astros got the win on Saturday thanks to a 3-run seventh inning. Brian McCann drove in the three runs on a double. Josh Reddick had the other two RBI on his eighth home run of the year. Lance McCullers Jr. improved to 7-1 on the season by pitching five innings and allowing just one run with eight strikeouts. Sam Gaviglio took the loss when he allowed two runs over six innings. Robinson Cano went 1-for-4 but drove in his 49th run of the season for Seattle.
The Mariners have been playing pretty well lately and they have Miranda on the mound, who has really shown improved numbers for some time. Martes has struggled in his few starts for Houston and the Astros aren’t having a great series at the plate thus far. I think Miranda will have another good start and lead Seattle to a big series win at home.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: SEATTLE MARINERS +105