SEATTLE vs. OAKLAND 8/31/2018 MLB Odds, Pick & Preview

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

STATS AND RECORDS

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
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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