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The Cleveland Indians will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field.

The Mariners will give the ball to starter Carlos Silva in this one. Righthander Silva is 3-0 this season with a 2.83 ERA.

It'll be Fausto Carmona toeing the rubber for the Indians in this contest. Righthander Carmona is 3-1 with a 2.89 ERA so far this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Mariners lost to Oakland 4-2 as a -155 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5).

Yuniesky Betancourt hit a solo home run for Seattle, while Felix Hernandez took the loss after surrendering four runs on six hits, while striking out 10 in seven innings.

Jason Michaels was 2-for-3 with a run batted in for Cleveland in its 5-2 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday night.

New York won as -110 road pick 'em as the teams played under the 10.5-run total posted by oddsmakers.

Current streak:
Cleveland has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Seattle: 12-14 SU
Cleveland: 12-14 SU

Seattle most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Cleveland are 4-6
After playing Oakland are 6-4
After a loss are 5-5

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Seattle are 6-4
After playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Seattle's last 12 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 7 games on the road
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cleveland's last 12 games when playing Seattle
Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Cleveland is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games at home

Next up:
Cleveland home to Seattle, Wednesday, April 30

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