Oakland Athletics (17-27) vs. Seattle Mariners (18-25)
May 25, 2022 4:10 pm EDT
The Line: Seattle Mariners -192 / Oakland Athletics +170; Over/Under: -7.5
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The Oakland A’s and the Seattle Mariners meet in an AL West division matchup in MLB action from T-Mobile Park on Wednesday.
The Oakland A’s will look to keep the momentum going after a solid showing in a rally to surge past the Mariners in Tuesday’s matchup. Sheldon Neuse has a team-high 36 hits with 15 RBIs and a .252 batting average while Sean Murphy has 30 hits with a team-high 11 doubles and 4 home runs with 20 RBIs. Seth Brown’s got 21 RBIs with 6 doubles and Elvis Andrus also has 7 doubles as well this season. Paul Blackburn is expected to get the nod for the A’s in this one and is 4-0 with a 1.91 ERA and 34 strikeouts this season.
The Seattle Mariners will look to rebound after having their rally fall short on Tuesday. Ty France leads the Mariners with 57 hits along with 6 home runs and 28 RBIs while Adam Frazier has 44 hits and 9 doubles. Eugenio Suarez also has a team-high 9 doubles with 9 homers of his own and 23 RBIs while J.P. Crawford has 41 hits, 4 homers and 8 doubles as well as a .285 batting average. Robbie Ray will be tabbed with getting the start here and is 4-4 with a 4.77 ERA and 58 strikeouts this season.
Oakland is 1-4 in their last 5 games overall. Seattle is 1-4 in their last 5 games overall while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 home games.
I get the case to be made for either side in this one, but I’m looking at the under for a free play here. Paul Blackburn’s been outstanding up to this point in the year while Robbie Ray’s had his hiccups but is still the defending Cy young award winner playing at home in a pitcher’s dream park. I think this one is going to be a duel so give me the under here.
