Oakland Athletics (56-43) vs. Seattle Mariners (52-46)
July 24, 2021 10:10 pm EDT
The Line: Seattle Mariners +125 / Oakland Athletics -135; Over/Under: -7.5
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The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners meet Saturday in MLB action at T-Mobile Park. The Athletics look for a win after splitting their last six games. The Mariners look for a win after splitting their last six games.
The Oakland Athletics have scored 13 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last seven games. The Athletics have won four straight games when scoring four or more runs. Matt Olson leads the Athletics with 96 hits and 64 RBI while Jed Lowrie and Elvis Andrus have combined for 172 hits and 68 RBI. Chris Bassitt gets the ball, and he is 10-3 with a 3.31 ERA and 126 strikeouts this season. Bassitt is 1-4 with a 3.98 ERA and 39 strikeouts in his career against the Mariners.
The Seattle Mariners have scored eight runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last seven games. The Mariners have won four of their last five games when scoring four or more runs. JP Crawford leads the Mariners with 96 hits and 31 RBI while Mitch Haniger and Ty France have combined for 182 hits and 102 RBI. Logan Gilbert gets the ball, and he is 4-2 with a 3.50 ERA and 62 strikeouts this season. Gilbert is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA and nine strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.
The Athletics are 9-4 in their last 13 games as a road favorite and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The Mariners are 13-6 in their last 19 games as a home underdog. The under is 5-0 in Athletics last 5 overall. The under is 4-1 in Mariners last 5 home games. The Athletics are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Seattle and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
Chris Bassitt has been solid this season, but he’s been hittable this month, allowing 18 hits and 10 runs in his last 18.1 innings. Logan Gilbert is a talented prospect who is starting to settle in, and he’s given up just 10 hits and four earned runs in his last 18 innings. The Mariners are a team I’ve said for weeks to watch and a playoff push isn’t out of the question. Watch out now. Give me the Mariners.
