Seattle Mariners vs Houston Astros MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 8/30/21
The Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners meet Monday in MLB action at T-Mobile Park. The Astros look for a win after winning seven of their last 10 games. The Mariners look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.
The Houston Astros have scored 12 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Astros have won seven straight games when scoring four or more runs. Michael Brantley leads the Astros with 132 hits and 45 RBI while Yuli Gurriel and Jose Altuve have combined for 262 hits and 138 RBI. Luis Garcia gets the ball, and he is 10-6 with a 3.21 ERA and 144 strikeouts this season. Garcia is 0-1 with a 5.59 ERA and 15 strikeouts in his career against the Mariners.
The Seattle Mariners have scored 13 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last seven games. The Mariners have won six of their last eight games when scoring four or more runs. Ty France leads the Mariners with 133 hits and 60 RBI while J.P. Crawford and Mitch Haniger have combined for 254 hits and 111 RBI. Chris Flexen gets the ball, and he is 11-5 with a 3.54 ERA and 95 strikeouts this season. Flexen is 0-3 with a 9.64 ERA and seven strikeouts in his career against the Astros.
The Astros are 1-4 in their last 5 Monday games and 43-20 in their last 63 games as a favorite. The Mariners are 6-0 in their last 6 Monday games and 0-4 in their last 4 home games. The under is 3-1-1 in Astros last 5 overall. The over is 4-1 in Mariners last 5 home games. The Astros are 24-9 in the last 33 meetings in Seattle and 48-19 in the last 67 meetings.
The Astros are favored for obvious reasons and they’re playing head and shoulders the better baseball. With that said, the Mariners need to keep winning if they’re going to sneak into the playoffs and Flexen has been solid all year. In fact, Flexen has allowed 31 hits and nine earned runs in his last 31.1 innings. The Mariners have won 10 of the last 14 games Flexen has pitched. Give me the Mariners and the plus money.
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