On Sunday afternoon, the Seattle Mariners will face the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of their series at Fenway Park.
The Seattle Mariners have dropped five of their last six games and are 17-24 on the season. The first three games of this series have been lost by Seattle, with scores of 6-5, 7-3, and 12-6. This season, the Seattle pitching staff has a 4.20 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, and a.245 opponent batting average. With a.234 batting average and a.314 on-base percentage, the Mariners offense has scored 160 runs. This season, Ty France is hitting.323 with six home runs and 28 RBIs with the Mariners. Logan Gilbert, Seattle’s anticipated starter, is 4-2 with a 2.40 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in 45 innings pitched this season.
This season, the Boston Red Sox are 18-22 and have won four straight games. Boston had won two of the previous three series against the Astros. The pitching staff in Boston has a 3.84 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and a.225 opponent batting average. This season, the Red Sox offense has 166 runs, a.244 batting average, and a.300 on-base percentage. This season, Rafael Devers is hitting.337 with the Red Sox, with nine home runs and 24 RBIs. Nathan Eovaldi, Boston’s anticipated starter, is 1-2 with a 4.32 ERA and 1.22 WHIP in 41.2 innings pitched this season.
Seattle has gone 5-0 in their past five Sunday games and is 1-5 in their last six. In Seattle’s last seven Sunday games, the over is 6-1. Boston has won five of its previous six games and is 0-4 in its last four Sunday contests. In Boston’s previous 15 home games, the under is 9-5-1. In the last 64 head-to-head meetings between these two clubs in Boston, Seattle is 19-45.
The Red Sox have been playing well in their last four games, but Gilbert on the mound for Seattle will put them to the test. Gilbert’s ERA is 2.40 despite allowing at least three runs in each of his last three starts. Eovaldi is coming off a start against the Astros in which he gave up six runs in 1.2 innings.
Free Pick: Boston Red Sox
