Athletics vs Mariners Pick – MLB Predictions & Odds 5/4/23

The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics meet Thursday in MLB action at Oakland Coliseum. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Seattle Mariners have scored 19 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 4 of their last 8 games. The Mariners have won 8 of their last 10 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. George Kirby gets the ball, and he is 2-2 with a 2.93 ERA and 24 strikeouts this season. Kirby is 1-0 with a 4.43 ERA and 25 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 17 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. Drew Rucinski gets the ball, and he is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA and 1 strikeout this season. This will be Rucinski’s first career game against the Mariners.

The Mariners are 3-7 in their last 10 during game 3 of a series and 9-3 in their last 12 Thursday games. The Athletics are 28-62 in their last 90 home games and 17-45 in their last 62 overall. The under is 4-1 in Mariners last 5 overall. The over is 18-8-1 in Athletics last 27 overall. The Mariners are 12-4 in the last 16 meetings in Oakland and 24-8 in the last 32 meetings.

At this point it doesn’t matter about the pitching matchup, backing the Oakland Athletics is a no-go as they don’t string together offense and can’t finish games. Backing the A’s just doesn’t make much sense these days. The Seattle Mariners are the better side, even if they’ve underachieved up to this point themselves. Give me the M’s and the RL for max betting value.