The Texas Rangers and the Seattle Mariners meet in game three of their four-game AL West division set from T-Mobile Park on Saturday.

Rangers Fall Flat In First Two Games

The Texas Rangers have stumbled in the first two games of this series, dropping to 89-71 on the year after an 8-0 loss in game two of the series on Friday. The loss sits Texas just one game ahead at the top of the AL West division. Adolis Garcia has a team-high 39 home runs and 107 RBIs while Marcus Semien has a team-high 184 hits along with 39 doubles this season. Nathaniel Lowe also has a .261 batting average, a .360 OBP and 38 doubles this season. Corey Seager’s also chipped in 33 home runs and 96 RBIs with 42 doubles and a .331 average so far this year. The Rangers did not have a starting pitcher announced at the time that this article was posted.

Texas Rangers Team Facts

The Rangers have lost seven of their last eight games at T-Mobile Park against AL West opponents that held a winning record.
The Rangers have covered the run line each of their last nine Saturday games against AL West opponents that held a winning record.
The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last three day games against AL West opponents.
The Rangers have won the first inning in each of their last three day games against AL West opponents.
The Rangers have led after 3 innings in each of their last six day games against American League opponents that held a winning record.

Mariners Looking To Crack Playoff Field

The Seattle Mariners are in the mix in the American League playoff picture, sitting at 87-73 on the year, just one game back in the hunt for the final Wild Card spot after Friday’s win and two games back in the AL West race. Julio Rodriguez leads the Mariners with 180 hits and 103 RBIs along with 32 home runs and a .278 batting average while Cal Raleigh has 30 home runs this season. Teoscar Hernandez has 26 home runs along with 93 RBIs for the Mariners this season and Eugenio Suarez has 21 homers of his own along with 95 RBIs as well. J.P. Crawford also has a .266 batting average and a .381 OBP this season. The Mariners did not have a starting pitcher announced at the time that this article was posted.

Seattle Mariners Team Facts

The home team has won each of the last eight games between the Rangers and Mariners.
The Mariners have failed to cover the run line in six of their last seven games against the Rangers following a win.
The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last four day games between the Rangers and Mariners.
The Mariners have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last five day games against opponents that held a winning record.
The Mariners have led after 3 innings in each of their last five Saturday day home games.

Matchup/League Facts

The Seattle Mariners rank T29th in the league for triples this season (12).
The Seattle Mariners rank 29th in the league for strikeouts against this season (1575).
The Texas Rangers rank 2nd in the league for hits this season (1454).
The Texas Rangers rank 2nd in the league for doubles this season (324).

Chris’ Pick

I’m looking at the Mariners here. It just looks like the Mariners frankly want it more than the Rangers do, and Seattle is just heating up at the right time after being in a lull the last couple of weeks. The Mariners also have recent experience in high-profile games like these as recently as last year, while a lot of the Rangers are in uncharted territory. I’ll side with Seattle here.