Saturday, July 26, 2008

Mariners-Blue Jays Who Will Cover?

The Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rogers Centre.

Righthander R.A. Dickey will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Dickey is 1-5 this season with a 5.15 ERA.

Starting this game for the Blue Jays will be David Purcey. The lefthander has a 11.05 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season.

Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.

Josh Inglett drove in two runs in the 10th inning to lift the Blue Jays to a 5-4 win over the Mariners last time out, as -165 favorites. The nine runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).

Matt Stairs belted a solo home run and finished 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs. Jesse Carlson tossed the 10th inning and earned the victory.

Kenji Johijima went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI, and Mark Lowe gave up the winning run and was tagged with the loss.

The Mariners were +150 underdogs in that game.

Current streak:
Seattle has lost 6 straight games.
Toronto has won 4 straight games.

Team records:
Seattle: 38-64 SU
Toronto: 52-51 SU

Seattle most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Toronto are 3-7
After playing Toronto are 4-6
After a loss are 2-8

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Seattle are 7-3
After playing Seattle are 5-5
After a win are 6-4

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

Next up:
Toronto home to Seattle, Sunday, July 27

 

 

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