MLB Preview Seattle Mariners (38-23) at Tampa Bay Rays (28-32) Thursday, June 7th First Pitch at 7:0

MLB Preview Seattle Mariners (38-23) at Tampa Bay Rays (28-32) by entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc. Thursday, June 7th First Pitch at 7:05 PM EST, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Did anyone predict that the Seattle Mariners would be in first place on June 7, 2018? The surprising Seattle Mariners have taken over 1st place holding a one game lead over Houston and 4 game lead over the LA Angels. Seattle has been red hot and is 14 – 4 in their last 18 games including sweeps of Tampa Bay and Minnesota during their current winning streak. Tampa Bay is returning home from a 9-game road trip where they went 3 – 6, winning their first 3 games and dropping their L6 games in a row. Tampa Bay is 11 – 13 at home while the Mariners are 18 – 11 on the road. Seattle should be confident heading into this series as they not only swept Tampa Bay in their last series but have take 9 of the last 10 games played. Seattle’s wining streak has been a display of timely hitting and pitching as their offense has not gone crazy but has scored enough to win games. The Rays, however, can look at their offense as an issue in their losses as we see they scored just 12 total runs in their current 6-game losing streak. Prior to this 6-game losing streak, Tampa Bay had won 5-games in a row scoring 24 runs over those 5 games.

Seattle sends Mike Leake to the mound who is 5-3 overall with an ERA of 4.71. On the road Leake is 3-1 with 5.46 ERA. Over his last 3 starts Leake is 1-0 with an ERA of 1.66 and has gone 21.2 innings allowing 5 runs with 13 strikeouts. Leake has face Tampa Bay 3 times in his career and is 3-0 in those starts allowing 6 runs over 20 innings.

Tampa Bay counters Ryne Stanek who is 1-1 with an ERA of 3.65. He has pitched 12.1 innings allowing 5 runs on 6 hits and has a solid 15 strikeouts in those 12.1 innings. Stanek has allowed 2 home runs as well as 6 walks. This will be Stanek first start against the Seattle Mariners.

Inside the numbers with entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc:

Seattle is 5 – 0 the last 5 times Leake has taken the mound and they are 5 – 1 the last 6 times Leake has taken the mound on the road. Seattle is 19 – 7 the last 26 times they faced a right-handed started. The under has cashed 12 of the last 16 times but the over has cashed 4 of the last 5 times Leake made road starts.

Tampa Bay is 7 – 3 the last 10 times they face a right-handed starter at home but just 1 – 6 the last 7 times they hosted a team with a road winning percentage over .600. Against the AL West we find Tampa Bay 0 – 4 in the last 4.

Head-to-Head. Seattle has won 4 in row, are 9 – 3 he last 12 times they played in Tampa, and 19 – 7 the last 26 games against Tampa Bay.

Opening Line: Seattle Mariners -1.10, Tampa Bay Rays +1.00, the total has been set at 8

Prediction: Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 2

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