The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics meet Wednesday in MLB action at Oakland Coliseum. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Seattle Mariners have scored 12 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 of their last 10 games. The Mariners have won 7 of their last 9 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Jarred Kelenic leads the Mariners with 29 hits and 15 RBI, while Julio Rodriguez and Eugenio Suarez have combined for 53 hits and 28 RBI. Logan Gilbert gets the ball, and he is 1-1 with a 4.23 ERA and 34 strikeouts this season. Gilbert is 1-0 with a 3.62 ERA and 29 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.
The Oakland Athletics have scored 8 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 6 of their last 10 games. The Athletics have lost 16 straight games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Esteury Ruiz leads the Athletics with 28 hits and 12 RBI, while Brent Rooker and Jesus Aguilar have combined for 44 hits and 31 RBI. JP Sears gets the ball, and he is 0-2 with a 6.23 ERA and 27 strikeouts this season. Sears is 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA and 16 strikeouts in his career against the Mariners.
The Mariners are 13-6 in their last 19 Wednesday games and 1-4 in their last 5 road games. The Athletics are 28-61 in their last 89 home games and 17-44 in their last 61 overall. The under is 5-2 in Mariners last 7 road games. The over is 18-7-1 in Athletics last 26 overall. The Mariners are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Oakland and 23-8 in the last 31 meetings.
The Oakland Athletics continue to have issues offensively, they can’t finish games, and JP Sears has been awful through 26 innings. We know what Logan Gilbert is capable of when he’s right, and the Mariners’ offense is far and away more trustworthy. It’s just hard to back the A’s with much confidence. Give me the M’s and the RL for max betting value.