Mariners vs Indians Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland Indians will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Progressive Field. The Mariners will give the ball to starter Jason Vargas in this one. Lefthander Vargas is 8-5 this season with a 3.12 ERA. The Indians will counter Vargas with Mitch Talbot. Righthander Talbot has a 4.09 ERA to go along with a 8-9 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Franklin Gutierrez scored the winning run off a throwing error as the Mariners edged the Indians 3-2 on Friday. David Pauley scattered seven hits and two runs over six innings in the win, while David Aardsma closed out the ninth for his first save. Fausto Carmona suffered the loss after giving up nine hits and three runs over six innings for the Indians, who were favored at -160. Team records: Seattle: 45-71 SU Cleveland: 48-68 SU Seattle most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Cleveland are 4-6 After playing Cleveland are 4-6 After a win are 3-7 Cleveland most recently: When playing on Saturday are 2-8 Before playing Seattle are 7-3 After playing Seattle are 7-3 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games Seattle is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Cleveland Seattle is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Cleveland Seattle is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Seattle Cleveland is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Seattle Cleveland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games Cleveland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home Next up: Cleveland home to Seattle, Sunday, August 15 Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.