The SEATTLE and the OAKLAND will both be gunning for a victory on 8/31/2018 at 10:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup.The SEATTLE and the OAKLAND will both be gunning for a victory on 8/31/2018 at 10:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup.
GAME: Seattle Mariners (75-59) at Oakland Athletics (80-55)
DATE/TIME: Friday, August 31 – 10:05 PM EST
WHERE: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California
ROT | TEAM | PS | OU | RL |
927 | SEATTLE | 8 (-150) (-150) |
8 (-110) | 140 -150 |
928 | OAKLAND |
TV: 10:05 PM
LINE: -150
PREDICTION: OAKLAND , SEATTLE
Oddsmakers currently have the OAKLAND listed as -150 point favorites versus the SEATTLE, while the game’s total is sitting at 8.
The Seattle Mariners proved early in their series-opening win against the Oakland Athletics that they’re not prepared to give up on a spot in the postseason. Seattle looks to draw even closer in the American League wild-card race on Friday as it visits AL West-rival Oakland for the second contest of their four-game set.
The Mariners scored five runs in the first inning en route to Thursday’s 7-1 victory, ending their three-game slide and pulling within 4 1/2 games of the Athletics for the second wild-card berth. Robinson Cano was one of four players on Seattle to register two hits and an RBI, with one of his hits being his 526th career double – tying him with Dave Parker for 44th place on the all-time list. Oakland was limited to four hits as it suffered its third loss in four contests and remained 2 1/2 games behind division-leading Houston. Jed Lowrie drove in the Athletics’ lone run Thursday with an eighth-inning single, giving him eight RBIs in his last 10 games.
TV: 10:05 p.m. ET, ROOT Northwest (Seattle), NBCS California (Oakland)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Mariners RH Mike Leake (8-8, 4.03 ERA) vs. Athletics RH Mike Fiers (10-6, 3.15)
Leake’s winless streak reached 10 starts on Sunday as he suffered a loss at Arizona after surrendering five runs and seven hits in six innings. The 30-year-old Californian has allowed three runs or fewer seven times and worked at least six frames on eight occasions during the drought while settling for six no-decisions since winning at Boston on June 23. Leake is 1-1 with a 2.50 ERA in six career starts against Oakland, including three no-decisions this season in which he has given up five runs – four earned – over 20 2/3 innings.
Fiers has been everything Oakland hoped for since being acquired from Detroit, posting a 3-0 record and 1.50 ERA with 28 strikeouts and three walks over 24 innings in four starts. The 33-year-old Floridian is coming off a victory at Minnesota on Saturday in which he allowed one run and five hits over 5 2/3 frames. Fiers is 2-1 with a 5.66 ERA in seven career turns versus Seattle after splitting a pair of starts this season, with the win coming at home on Aug. 14.
WALK-OFFS
1. Mariners SS Jean Segura was scratched from Thursday’s starting lineup a day after suffering a bruised left shin.
2. Oakland recalled J.B. Wendelken and Frankie Montas, who yielded seven runs – four earned – over six innings in the series opener, from Triple-A Nashville and optioned fellow RHP Ryan Dull and OF Nick Martini to the Sounds.
3. Seattle sent cash to Arizona on Thursday for 2B Kristopher Negron, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI in two games with the Diamondbacks this year, and assigned him to Triple-A Tacoma.
PREDICTION: Athletics 5, Mariners 1
TEAM COMPARISON
W/L | Strk | Home | Away | East | Central | West | IL | |
Seattle | 75-59 | W1 | 38-28 | 37-31 | 16-12 | 23-9 | 30-26 | 6-12 |
Oakland | 80-55 | L2 | 39-27 | 41-28 | 16-7 | 24-7 | 28-33 | 12-8 |
LAST MEETING
Seattle | Oakland | |||||||
Date | Away | Home | Avg | HR | OPS | Avg | HR | OPS |
8/30/18 | SEA 7 | OAK 1 | .250 | 1 | .706 | .133 | 0 | .402 |
PLAYER STATS
SEASON SERIES | ||||
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Batting | Player | Avg | Hits | OPS |
SEA | J. Segura | .360 | 18 | .805 |
OAK | J. Lowrie | .353 | 18 | 1.009 |
Offense | Player | HR | Runs | RBI |
SEA | M. Haniger | 3 | 7 | 10 |
OAK | J. Lowrie | 4 | 7 | 14 |
Pitching | ERA | Avg | K | |
SEA | 2.82 | .256 | 115 | |
OAK | 3.85 | .204 | 93 |
SEASON | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Batting | Player | Avg | Hits | OPS |
SEA | J. Segura | .317 | 159 | .787 |
OAK | M. Chapman | .281 | 124 | .886 |
Offense | Player | HR | Runs | RBI |
SEA | N. Cruz | 32 | 57 | 81 |
OAK | K. Davis | 39 | 76 | 103 |
Pitching | ERA | Avg | K | |
SEA | 4.19 | .256 | 1091 | |
OAK | 3.78 | .250 | 1032 |
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