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2022 MLB Handicapping
(45-38) Toronto Blue Jays vs. Seattle Mariners (41-42)
Date: Thursday, July 7, 2022
Time: 10:10 PM ET
Venue: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA
Projected Pitchers: Lawrence (TOR), Gonzales (SEA)
MLB Moneyline Odds: TBD
MLB run line Betting Odds: TBD
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: TBD
Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays scored once in the seventh and once in the eighth to win, 2–1, in Oakland on Wednesday afternoon.
The victory snapped a five-game losing streak and helped Toronto avoid a three-game sweep to the team with the worst record in baseball.
Both runs came on solo home runs, the game-tying blast by Matt Chapman and the go-ahead by Bo Bichette.
Jose Berrios allowed just four hits and a run in six innings but left down 1–0.
Adam Cimber picked up the win with a scoreless seventh and eighth inning, in which he retired all six Athletics he faced without the benefit of a strikeout.
Kevin Gausman will not make his scheduled start on Thursday after taking a comebacker off his ankle Saturday.
Thirty-four-year-old Casey Lawrence, who has pitched 91 career big league innings in parts of three seasons, relieved Gausman when he had to leave the game over the weekend and has been recalled from Triple A, presumably to start this one.
In two games this season, Lawrence has pitched 13 innings and allowed 13 hits (three home runs) and nine runs. He’s walked three and struck out nine.
The majority of his big league work actually came with Seattle in 2017, after the Blue Jays waived him, and 2018.
In those two seasons, Lawrence went 3–0 in 34 games, 15 of which he finished, despite a 6.20 ERA.
His only two MLB starts came in his first contract with Toronto. He lost them both, giving up 18 hits and 10 earned runs. Manager John Gibbons gave him plenty of leash, letting him pitch into the seventh in one and through five in another.
Seattle Mariners
Seattle comes into this four-game series at home, rested, and playing well.
The Mariners have won five consecutive series after taking three of four from Oakland over the holiday weekend and sweeping two games in San Diego this week.
They traveled home Wednesday having won four in a row overall and just a game under the .500 mark.
The pitching was great in San Diego, allowing just four runs in two games. Marco Gonzales will look to continue that on Thursday in his 17th start of the season.
The lefty’s nine losses lead the American League; he’s got just 49 strikeouts to 32 walks this season; and yet, he’s been excellent.
He’s given up more than three runs just once so far this season. He’s given up more than two just thrice.
He’s gone at least six innings and given up no more than two runs in four consecutive starts and he’s gone 1–3.
Despite his 4–9 record this season, Gonzales still has 11 more wins than losses in his Seattle career, in which he has made 122 starts with a 3.88 ERA.
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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Seattle Mariners MLB Prediction:
Seattle wins this game.
The Blue Jays are not doing well right now. They had to dig deep for that win in Oakland on Wednesday and the pitching staff is especially strained.
Things are not about to get easier in Seattle against a team that got Wednesday off and plans to start a proficient veteran left-hander.
Seattle will be hungry to score some runs for its southpaw this time and buries Toronto here.
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