Detroit Tigers (8-5) vs Seattle Mariners (6-9)
Detroit is sitting at the top of a bunchy American League Central right now.
They won the opener of their series against Seattle last night pushing their road record to over .500 for the season.
Wednesday April 17
Safeco Field – Seattle, WA
10:10PM
Probable Starters:
DET: Max Scherzer
SEA: Felix Hernandez
Moneyline: Seattle -113, Detroit +103 at TopBet
O/U: 6.5
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Detroit
All assumptions about an improved lineup have turned out to be true so far as Detroit is leading the Majors with a .307 average so far this season.
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The power hasn’t been there yet but you have to think that with sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder it will come around eventually.
Starter Max Scherzer had a fantastic season last year. He was among league leaders with 231 strikeouts and it looks like he has finally figured out how to harness his elite level stuff.
This season the strikeouts have been there and he looked much sharper in his second game than his first. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
His career record against the Mariners is 4-1 and Seattle is still not a very intimidating offensive team. This is a nice spot to play Detroit as a slight underdog.
Seattle
They may have moved in the fences in Seattle but the offense hasn’t suddenly come alive.
The Mariners are batting a paltry .219 this season which has more than offset the fact that they have jacked a few more balls out of the yard this season. The pitching has let them down too with an E.R.A in the lower third of the league.
Something had to give and I wonder if they are going to look at the decision to shrink the field as a mistake in the long run.
After a sterling start on opening day King Felix Hernandez has been mortal the last two times he took the mound.
We all know by now that sometimes he is a little unlucky but it is still hard to bet against him – especially when you see that he owns a 9-2 career mark against Detroit. The addition of OF Torii Hunter to the Tigers lineup could help the Tigers as the veteran has had good success against Hernandez.
This one is a hard one to call this evening in game 2 of the series.
Home teams that lose G1 and are favoured the next night are often a good bet though.
O/U Pick: Over
Score Prediction: Detroit 6 – Seattle 4
