Seattle (69-50) at Oakland (70-48)
When: Monday, August 13th 2018
Where: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Time: 10:05 ET | TV: ROOT Northwest,
NBCS California
Opening Odds: Oakland -121/8.5
The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics have both been pleasant surprises this season and both are getting hot at the right time. Seattle and Oakland will begin a big three-game series Monday night as both are trying to chase down the defending World Series champions. The Mariners appeared to be playing themselves out of a postseason berth after dropping behind Oakland in the standings, but have all of the sudden turned things around. Seattle is coming off a huge four-game sweep of the Houston Astros over the weekend and are now just four back of the AL West lead and 1.5 behind Oakland for the second wild card. The A’s are playing just as well, winners of nine of their last 11 games and are just 2.5 behind Houston thanks to the Mariners. The A’s scored 15 runs the last two games in taking the weekend series with the Los Angeles Angels thanks in some part to Marcus Semien. The A’s shortstop went 6-for-9 with two doubles, two homers, five RBIs and five runs scored in his last two games. Seattle will get their All-Star second baseman back on Tuesday, as Robinson Cano returns after completing his 80-game suspension. He has been playing first base during his ‘rehab’ assignment.
Pitchers: Mariners – Marco Gonzales (12-7, 3.79 ERA) | Athletics – Sean Manaea (10-8, 3.50)
Marco Gonzales has not looked sharp in his last two outings, surrendering 11 runs and 19 hits over 12 innings in losses to Toronto and Texas. Gonzales had run off five consecutive wins prior to those starts. He authored one of his best performances of the season at Oakland in May, allowing just two hits without issuing a walk over seven scoreless innings.
Sean Manaea has looked just as bad in his last three outings, recording a 1.76 WHIP in losing two of three. He last just 2.2 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers last time out, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks. Manaea has still strung together 12 straight starts with three or fewer earned runs allowed and has limited opponents to a .224 batting average this season. He is is 1-1 in two starts against Seattle this season, but Oakland is just 1-4 in his last five starts against them.
I really do like this Oakland team, but Seattle is coming in with a ton of momentum and I’m expecting a bounce-back effort from Gonzales here. This is going to be a terrific three-game series, but the Mariners will take the opener.
Pick: Mariners +123
BETTING TRENDS:
- Mariners are 4-0 in their last 4 road games vs. a team with a winning record.
- Mariners are 6-0 in their last 6 Monday games.
- Mariners are 4-0 in their last 4 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Mariners are 5-2 in their last 7 road games.
- Mariners are 5-2 in their last 7 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Mariners are 5-2 in their last 7 overall.
- Mariners are 5-2 in their last 7 games on grass.
- Mariners are 2-7 in their last 9 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Mariners are 1-4 in their last 5 road games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Mariners are 7-1 in Gonzales’ last 8 starts vs. American League West.
- Mariners are 7-2 in Gonzales’ last 9 starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Mariners are 6-2 in Gonzales’ last 8 road starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Mariners are 10-4 in Gonzales’ last 14 starts.
- Mariners are 5-2 in Gonzales’ last 7 starts on grass.
- Athletics are 4-0 in their last 4 Monday games.
- Athletics are 7-1 in their last 8 vs. American League West.
- Athletics are 7-1 in their last 8 home games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Athletics are 15-3 in their last 18 home games.
- Athletics are 9-2 in their last 11 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Athletics are 7-3 in their last 10 home games vs. a team with a winning record.
- Athletics are 36-16 in their last 52 overall.
- Athletics are 36-16 in their last 52 games on grass.
- Athletics are 5-13 in their last 18 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Athletics are 5-1 in Manaea’s last 6 home starts.
- Athletics are 9-3 in Manaea’s last 12 starts following a team loss in their previous game.
- Athletics are 8-3 in Manaea’s last 11 starts.
- Athletics are 8-3 in Manaea’s last 11 starts on grass.
- Athletics are 1-4 in Manaea’s last 5 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Athletics are 1-4 in Manaea’s last 5 starts vs. American League West.
- Under is 5-0-1 in Mariners last 6 Monday games.
- Under is 5-1 in Mariners last 6 road games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Under is 9-3 in Mariners last 12 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Under is 5-2 in Mariners last 7 during game 1 of a series.
- Over is 4-0 in Gonzales’ last 4 starts on grass.
- Under is 5-0 in Gonzales’ last 5 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Over is 4-0 in Gonzales’ last 4 starts overall.
- Over is 4-0 in Gonzales’ last 4 starts following a team loss in their previous game.
- Under is 4-1 in Gonzales’ last 5 starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 4-1 in Gonzales’ last 5 road starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 6-2 in Gonzales’ last 8 road starts.
- Over is 9-4 in Gonzales’ last 13 starts vs. American League West.
- Under is 5-0-1 in Athletics last 6 home games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Under is 7-0 in Athletics last 7 overall.
- Under is 7-0 in Athletics last 7 on grass.
- Under is 5-0 in Athletics last 5 home games.
- Under is 7-0 in Athletics last 7 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Under is 6-0 in Athletics last 6 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 4-1 in Athletics last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 4-1 in Athletics last 5 during game 1 of a series.
- Over is 7-2 in Athletics last 9 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Over is 13-4-1 in Athletics last 18 vs. American League West.
- Under is 11-2-1 in Manaea’s last 14 starts following a team loss in their previous game.
- Under is 8-3-1 in Manaea’s last 12 starts vs. American League West.
- Under is 9-4 in Manaea’s last 13 home starts.
- Under is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings.
- Under is 5-1-1 in the last 7 meetings in Oakland.
- Mariners are 14-4 in the last 18 meetings.
- Mariners are 20-7 in the last 27 meetings in Oakland.
- Under is 5-2 in Manaea’s last 7 starts vs. Mariners.
- Athletics are 1-4 in Manaea’s last 5 starts vs. Mariners.
