MLB Preview Seattle Mariners (27-19) at Oakland Athletics (25-22)
MLB Preview Seattle Mariners (27-19) at Oakland Athletics (25-22) by entity wagering company mkinvestllc. The 2nd place Mariners head into the Oakland Coliseum to take on the 4th place Athletics tonight at 10:05 PM EST. Seattle has had their way with Oakland recently and is 7-3 over the last 10 meetings. 7 of those 10 games came at home where they are 5-2, only 3 of the last 10 games were played in Oakland and Seattle is 2- 1in those games. In 2018 these teams have played 6 games and Seattle is 4-2 in those 6 games. Seattle is on a 3-game winning streak and has won 5 of their last 7 games. Oakland has won 4 in row and 6 of their last 7 games. Oakland returns home off a 10-game road trip where they went 7-3.
The visiting Seattle Mariners send Mike Leake to the mound who is 4-3 overall with an ERA of 6.00. Seattle is 6-3 in his 9 starts. Interesting point to Leake’s season so far is all three of his wins came during the day, Leake is 1-3 in “night” games with an ERA of 7.09. His road ERA is 6.75. Overall Leake has pitched 51 innings and allowed 35 runs on 62 hits, 16 walks, and allowed 8 home runs. Leake faced Oakland back in April and went 6 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits and got the win.
The home Oakland Athletics counter with Trevor Cahill who is 1-2 with an ERA of 2.79 overall. Cahill has gone 29 innings allowing 9 earned runs on 22 hits and 7 walks. Cahill has 32 strikeouts to those 7 walks while allowing 3 home runs. At home Cahill has gone 13 innings allowing zero runs scattering 9 hits and 20 strikeouts.
Inside the numbers with mkinvestllc: We find some favorable trends for both teams in this matchup as Seattle is 4-1 in Leake’s last 5 road starts, 5-0 when facing a right-handed starter on the road, and are 5-2 playing after a day off. Oakland is 5-1 in Cahill’s last 5 starts against the American League West, 5-0 at home when facing a right-handed starter, and long-term Cahill is 20-9 with 5 day’s rest. Head-to-head we find some dominating numbers as Seattle is 12-3 in the last 15 meetings, 20-7 in the last 27 meetings when playing in Oakland, and they are 4-1 against Cahill the last 5 times they faced him in Oakland.
Opening Line: Oakland -1.47, Seattle +1.37. The total is set at 8.5.
mkinvestllc prediction: Trend bettors will see some solid numbers for a play on Seattle and getting plus money we can’t fault them for that, however, mkinvestllc likes to be on the right side when those trends move in the opposite direction. Current form for the starting pitchers leans heavy to Oakland and while we are not interested in paying the -1.50 range, we would consider a run line play on Oakland at +1.40. prediction: Oakland 6, Seattle 2