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The Oakland Athletics (61-78), led by Lawrence Butler on a 13-game hitting streak, will meet the Seattle Mariners (69-70) Thursday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Mariners are -145 favorites for the matchup, which starts at 3:37 p.m. ET on ROOT Sports NW. Seattle’s Bryan Woo gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Joey Estes.
Take a look at our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $33.79
Mariners to win vs Athletics -145
Mariners vs. Athletics Betting Lines
- Favorite: Mariners (-145)
- Underdog: Athletics (+121)
- Over/under: 7.5
Mariners vs. Athletics Betting Insights
- The Mariners have won in 52, or 55.3%, of the 94 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Seattle has a record of 25-22 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -145 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Mariners have a 59.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Athletics have put together a 49-74 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 39.8% of those games).
- Oakland is 29-54 (winning just 34.9% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +121 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Athletics have an implied win probability of 45.2%.
Mariners vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders
- Cal Raleigh is batting .207 this season with a team-high 28 home runs and 84 RBI.
- Raleigh ranks 18th in Major League Baseball in home runs, and 19th in RBI.
- Randy Arozarena is batting .216 with an OBP of .331 and a slugging percentage of .387 this season.
- Brent Rooker has racked up a team-high batting average of .294, and leads the Athletics in home runs (33) and runs batted in (93).
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Rooker ranks eighth in home runs and 11th in RBI.
- JJ Bleday has 37 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs and 57 walks while hitting .247.
Mariners vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Mariners average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the league.
- Mariners pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.53 this year, first-best in baseball.
- The Mariners have a combined 1.088 WHIP as a pitching staff, which is the best in baseball this season.
- The Athletics pitching staff is 27th in the majors with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
- Oakland’s 4.28 team ERA ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the 24th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.315).