The Cleveland Guardians (0-1) visit the Seattle Mariners (1-0) for the 2nd game of a season-opening 4-game series Friday. First pitch at T-Mobile Park will be at 10:10 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Guardians vs. Mariners odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Seattle leads 1-0. The Mariners won 6 of 7 from the Guardians in 2022.
Cleveland collected just 4 hits in losing the openerThursday 3-0. The Guardians have now scored 2 runs or less in 6 of their last 8 games against the Mariners.
Seattle 1B Ty France hit an 8th-inning 3-run home run to vault the Mariners to the win Thursday. Seattle has prevailed in 7 straight home openers.
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Guardians at Mariners projected starters
RHP Hunter Gaddis vs. LHP Robbie Ray
Gaddis made his MLB debut last season, going 0-2 with an 18.41 ERA. In 7 1/3 IP, he clocked a 2.45 WHIP; he walked 3 and fanned 5 while allowing 7 HRs.
- Long reliever is in the rotation as a replacement for RHP Triston McKenzie (shoulder)
- Went 8-6 with 4.01 ERA in a combined 121 1/3 innings at Double- and Triple-A.
Ray went 12-12 with a 3.71 ERA a year ago. He logged a 1.19 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9 and 10.1 K/9 in 189 IP.
- Filed a 1.06 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, with 26K against 6 BB in spring training
- Registered a 3.02 ERA, 1.02 WHIP in home games last season
Guardians at Mariners odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:29 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Guardians +140 (bet $100 to win $140) | Mariners -160 (bet $160 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Guardians +1.5 (-150) | Mariners -1.5 (+130)
- Over/Under (O/U): 7.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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Guardians at Mariners picks and predictions
Prediction
Mariners 4, Guardians 3
Moneyline
Figure Cleveland as turned to its lesser side against a lefty hurler. And that hurler is coming off an impressive Cactus League campaign and has thrived in home games in multiple parks over his career.
Both bullpens were impacted about the same by Thursday’s pitchers’ duel.
TAKE SEATTLE (-160).
Run line/Against the spread
AVOID.
These 2 clubs have played some low-scoring games in recent meetings. Getting the Mariners by with a 2-run margin becomes a tad too risky.
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Over/Under
The pitching here, including the gray area on Gaddis, makes for a lack of information. There is some slight Over tilt, but it’d take a better price to generate a swing at that pitch.
PASS.
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