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MLB betting action sees the : Seattle Mariners taking on the L.A. Dodgers Wednesday April 15th at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California Cappers Picks provides free MLB handicapping tips all season long.
: Seattle Mariners (3-5) vs. L.A. Dodgers (5-3)
Venue/ Stadium: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Time/Date: 10:10 PM EST Tuesday April 7, 2015
MLB Betting Odds
MLB Moneyline: Mariners +110 / Dodgers -130
MLB Betting Over/Under Odds: 7 runs
PITCHING MATCH UP: Taijuan Walker (0-1, 24.30 ERA) vs. Los Angeles: Brett Anderson (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
: Seattle Mariners vs. L.A. Dodgers Preview
1. The Dodgers have won the first 2 games of this 3-game series winning each 6-5.
2. The Dodgers have won their last 3 games.
3. The Mariners only rank 26th in the Majors in team ERA.
This season the Dodgers are 4-1 at home and the Mariners are 2-3 on the road.
In their last games the Dodgers beat the Mariners yesterday 6-5.
The Dodgers have won the first 2 games of this series and are the home betting favorites to win this game and get out the brooms for the sweep.
The Dodgers have been decent on offense so far this season ranking 12th in the Majors in runs. They have a red-hot bat at 3rd base in Adrian Gonzalez, who leads the Majors in HR and batting average. Yasiel Puig does have 2 HR for L.A., but he is only batting .222.
To say the Mariners are struggling with the bat would be an understatement. They rank 17th in runs scored, which is not terrible, but they rank 28th in team batting average hitting less than .200 and Nelson Cruz leads the team with a batting average of .258. Cruz was their big off-season addition and after a slow start he now leads the AL with 5 HR.
Robinson Cano has really gotten off to a bad start to the season hitting only .176 with 1 HR and only 3 RBI.
Taijuan Walker goes for the Mariners tonight and he was shelled in his first start of the season giving up 9 earned runs in only 3 innings.
The Mariners are 1-4 in Walker’s last 5 starts.
Brett Anderson gets the starting nod for the Dodgers and he was decent in his first start of the season taking a no decision after giving up 3 earned runs in 6 innings in a 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Dodgers have won their last 4 games facing the Mariners.
In the last 4 games between these 2 teams the total has gone Over every time.
MLB Betting Trends
* Seattle is 3-8 in their last 11 road games.
* Seattle is 1-6 in their last 7 interleague road games.
* L.A. is 19-7 in their last 26 home games.
* L.A. is 18-8 in their last 26 games vs. a right-handed starter.
* L.A. is 5-0 in their last 5 interleague games.
4*Cappers MLB Free Pick
Walker was really tagged up in his first start and the Dodgers’ bats will get to him in this game and L.A. will win and complete the sweep in this series.
