Major League Baseball Preview – Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners
The Texas Rangers and the Seattle Mariners will meet on the field at Safeco Field on Monday in a battle of division rivals.
The Rangers will give the ball to starter Yovani Gallardo in this one. Right hander Gallardo is 11-9 this season with a 3.27 ERA.
Meanwhile, it’ll be Roenis Elias who starts for the Mariners. Left hander Elias is 4-7 with a 4.35 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 114-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game’s total is sitting at 7½.
Last time out for Seattle, they were a 3-2 winner as they battled the Athletics on the road. Moneyline bettors who got the Mariners at -128 were rewarded, while the 5 combined runs moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
In their last action, Texas was a 7-0 loser on the road against the Angels. Bettors on Los Angeles at -128 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (7) sent UNDER bettors home happy as well.
Texas:
Team record: 71-64
Texas is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Texas’s last 10 games
Texas is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Texas’s last 10 games on the road
Seattle:
Team record: 66-71
Current Streak: won 5 straight games.
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Seattle’s last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle’s last 5 games at home
Seattle is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Texas
Next up:
Texas at Seattle Tuesday, September 8
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