Chicago Cubs (4-4) vs Seattle Mariners (4-6)
Game Info: Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:40 pm (Wrigley Field)
Drew Smyly (0-1) (11.57) vs Luis Castillo (1-0) (0.00)
Betting Odds: Chicago Cubs +125 / Seattle Mariners -150 --- Over/Under: 8 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Seattle Mariners will play the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of their series at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Mariners Preview
The Seattle Mariners are 4-6 this season and have won three of their last five games. Seattle is coming off of a series win against Cleveland, where they won two of the three games played. The Seattle pitching staff has a 3.18 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and a .225 opponent batting average this season. The Mariners offense has scored 43 runs with a .234 batting average and a .299 on base percentage. Julio Rodriguez is batting .283 with two home runs and four RBI’s for the Mariners. The projected starting pitcher for Seattle is Luis Castillo, who is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.43 WHIP over 11.2 innings pitched this year.
Cubs Preview
The Chicago Cubs are 4-4 this season and have won three of their last four games. Chicago is coming off of a series win against Texas, where they won two of the three games played. The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.18 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and a .233 opponent batting average. The Cubs offense has scored 42 runs with a .275 batting average and a .340 on base percentage this year. Patrick Wisdom is batting .320 with three home runs and six RBI’s for the Cubs. The projected starting pitcher for Chicago is Drew Smyly, who is 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA and a 2.36 WHIP over 4.2 innings pitched this season.
Trends
Seattle is 5-0 in their last 5 interleague road games and 5-1 in their last 6 games against the NL Central. The over is 4-1-2 in Seattle’s last 7 Monday games. Chicago is 5-1 in their last 6 game one’s of a series and 9-3 in their last 12 home games. The over is 5-1 in Chicago’s last 6 games. Seattle is 0-5 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings.
Pick
Both of these teams are coming off of a series win and have four wins on the year. The Cubs have been the better hitting team, while the pitching metrics are pretty even. Seattle is starting Luis Castillo, who has yet to allow a run in 11.2 innings pitched against Cleveland and the Angels. Chicago is starting Drew Smyly, who allowed six runs in 4.2 innings pitched against Cincinnati. Seattle has a big advantage in starting pitching and I like them to get the road win here.
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David’s Pick Mariners ML
AUTHOR: David Racey
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