Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 2 (7/2): MLB

Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 2 (7/2): MLB

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Odds
Time 4:10 p.m. EST
Athletics money line +170
Athletics run line +1.5 (-140)
Mariners money line -173
Mariners run line -1.5 (+125)
Over / under 7.5

 

Key stats
  Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners 
Record 26-53 37-42
Road / home record 19-24 18-20
Last 10 record 3-7 7-3
Streak W1 L1
Over / under record 34-40-6 37-39-2
Runs / game 3.20 3.98
Runs allowed / game 4.64 3.98

 

Preview

The A's and Seattle Mariners will play game 3 of their 4-Game series on Saturday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, the Mariners are leading this matchup 5-3 so far this season after losing 1-3 in game 2 on Friday.

Oakland Athletics 

Oakland Athletics broke Seattle's 3 game winning streak and beat them 3-2 on Friday on the road but they are still only 3-17 straight last 20 games Vs the Mariners. Oakland had a 4 game losing streak before this win and will try to take their momentum in last game into this one. Oakland are 29th in runs scored and 24th in runs allowed this season.

Probable pitcher:

Paul Blackburn (6-3, 3.12 ERA) will be on the mound for the A's in game 3 on Saturday, Blackburn's last start was against New York Yankees and he went 5 innings allowing 3 Earned runs and had 7 strikeouts in a game that ended as a 5-9 loss for the A's.

Seattle Mariners 

Seattle Mariners are now 5-3 vs Oakland this season after losing 1-3 to them in game 2 at home. Mariner had a really bad last night as they had only 1 run and 4 hits only in the whole game while the A's had 3 runs and 12 hits. Mariners are the 21st in runs scored and 13th in runs allowed this season.

Probable pitcher:

George Kirby (2-3, 4.08 ERA) will be in the mound for the Mariners in game 3 on Saturday, Kirby's last start was against Baltimore Orioles and he went 4 innings allowing 7 earned run and had 2 strikeouts in a game that ended as a 2-9 loss for the Mariners.

Betting Trends

Oakland Athletics are 3-17 straight up last 20 games Vs the Mariners.

Oakland Athletics are 3-8 Straight up last 11 games.

Oakland Athletics are 5-12 straight up last 17 road games.

Seattle Mariners have gone Under the total in 5 of last 20 home games.

Seattle Mariners are 8-3 Straight up last 11 games.

Seattle Mariners have gone Under the total in 13 of last 20 games.

Prediction

Oakland Athletics have upset the Mariners in game 2 and it will be difficult to do it again but I like the total Under in this game as Seattle are 13-7 to the Under last 20 games overall and 15-5 to the Under last 20 games at home so give me the Under here.

PICK: Total Under 7.5 (-105).

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