Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 7 (5/7): MLB

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Odds

Time	9:10 p.m. EST
Rays money line	-135
Rays run line	-1.5 (+130)
Mariners money line	+113
Mariners run line	+1.5 (-150)
Over / under	7.5

 

Key stats

	Tampa Bay Rays	Seattle Mariners
Record	17-10	12-15
Road / home record	8-3	7-4
Last 10 record	8-2	1-9
Streak	W5	L5
Over / under record	12-14-1	13-13-1
Runs / game	4.48	4.22
Runs allowed / game	4.11	4.00

Preview

The Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays will play the 2nd game of the series at the Seattle-Alameda County Coliseum on Friday night. The Rays won the 1st of the series 4-3. 

Tampa Bay Rays

The Rays get here with a 17-10 record and have won their last 5 games. The team is averaging 4.48 runs while allowing 4.11 runs per game. Margot leads the team, batting for a .312 avg with 1home run and 15 RBI. Wander Franco has 4 home runs and 15 RBI.

Shane McClanahan is leading with 2 wins for the Rays and pitching for 3.06 ERA and 47 strikeouts.

Probable Pitcher:

Drew Rasmussen (2-1, 3.13 ERA) will be on the mound for the Rays in the 3rd game of the series. Rasmussen notched the victory against Oakland on Monday, tossing five innings and allowing one run on one hit and one walk while striking out three. He threw 6 scoreless innings the last time he faced the Mariners.

Seattle Mariners

The Mariners get here with a 12-15 record and have lost 9 of their last 10 games. The team is averaging 4.22 runs per game and allowing 4 runs. JP Crawford is batting for .347 AVG. Ty France leads with 21 RBI and 5 home runs.

Logan Gilbert is leading with 4 wins for the Mariners and pitching for 0.64 ERA and 27 strikeouts.

Probable Pitcher:  Marco Gonzales (1-3, 4.05 ERA)

Gonzales will be on the mound in the 3rd game of the series for the Mariners. Gonzales (1-3) took the loss against Houston on Monday, allowing three runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out two over six innings. He pitched only one third of an inning earlier this season against the Rays and allowed 1 run.

BETTING TRENDS

Tampa Bay are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games.

Tampa Bay are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against Seattle.

Seattle are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone OVER in 9 of Seattle's last 13 games at home.

Prediction

The Rays have won 8 of their last 10 games and are on a 7 game winning streak on the road. They're sending Rasmussen to the mound who threw 6 scoreless innings earlier in the season against the Mariners. The Mariners havce lost 9 of their last 10 games and have had frustating losses lately. Take the Rays for the sweep.

PICK: Rays ML (-135)

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