Rays-Mariners Who Will Cover?

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Seattle Mariners will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Safeco Field. The Rays will give the ball to starter James Shields in this one. Righthander Shields is 9-7 this season with a 3.63 ERA. It'll be Carlos Silva toeing the rubber for the Mariners in this contest. Righthander Silva is 4-12 with a 5.92 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Raul Ibanez hit a walk-off homer to give the Mariners a 2-1 win over the Rays on Thursday, as -135 favorites. The team's played UNDER the posted over/under (8). Yuniesky Betancourt drove in the other run for the Mariners. J.J. Putz tossed a scoreless ninth to pick up the win. Carl Crawford scored the lone run for the Rays off a wild pitch. Dan Wheeler gave up the winning run and was tagged with the loss in relief. Oddsmakers listed the Rays as +122 underdogs in that game. Team records: Tampa Bay: 68-46 SU Seattle: 45-70 SU Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Friday are 3-7 Before playing Seattle are 2-8 After playing Seattle are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 Seattle most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing Tampa Bay are 7-3 After playing Tampa Bay are 6-4 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games Tampa Bay is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games when playing Seattle Tampa Bay is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games on the road Tampa Bay is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Seattle Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games Seattle is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Seattle is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games when playing Tampa Bay Next up: Seattle home to Tampa Bay, Saturday, August 9