Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 11-17 Seattle Mariners play host to the 12-18 Oakland Athletics in MLB action tonight on the grass of Safeco Field, May 8, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 10:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Oakland -120 / Seattle +110
O/U Total: 7.5

Pitching Matchup
Sonny Gray (R) W/L 4-0 WHIP 0.95 ERA 1.67
Taijuan Walker (R) W/L 1-3 WHIP 2.03 ERA 8.74

Oakland lost 6-5 at Minnesota yesterday, falling to 3-4 on their current road trip. They are 3-6 in their last 9 games overall. Seattle had the day off yesterday. They are 1-6 in their past 7 games, all on the road.

The Mariners have a 2-1 edge vs. the A’s in 2015 and a 5-3 lead in the last 8 games played by these two teams.

Gray won his 3rd-straight start in his last outing, a 7-1 victory at Texas. He threw 6.2 innings, allowed 0 runs and struck out 10. It was his 5th Q start in 6 appearances.

Walker got blasted 11-4 in a loss at Houston in his last start. He gave up 7 runs in 3 innings. He has 1 Q start on the season. In 3 very bad outings, he has allowed 21 runs in only 12.1 innings.

No one on Oakland has more than 6 ABs vs. Walker. OF Mark Canha is 3-3 with a homer and 2 RBIs off of the right-hander while C Stephen Vogt, 1B Ike Davis and OF Sam Fuld are all hitting .500. No one has stolen a base off of Walker.

Seattle 2B Robinson Cano is hitting .278 off of Gray, the best BA in the lineup with anyone having more than 3 ABs vs. the right-hander. OF Nelson Cruz, C Mike Zunino, SS Brad Miller and 1B Logan Morrison are a combined 9-54 (.167) off of Gray.

Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners Betting Trends

The Athletics are the third highest scoring team in the league at 4.7 runs per game
Oakland has been money in the bank going 10-3 in Gray’s last 13 road starts when favored.
The Mariners are a poor 1-5 overall in their last 6 when facing a right-handed starter.
Seattle is 1-4 in Walkers last 5 starts in the underdog role.

Injury Report

OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Sean Doolittle P 15-Day Disabled List
Nate Freiman 1B 15-Day Disabled List
A.J. Griffin P 60-Day Disabled List
Sean Nolin P 15-Day Disabled List
Eric O’Flaherty P 15-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Parker P 15-Day Disabled List
Taylor Thompson P 60-Day Disabled List
Ben Zobrist OF 15-Day Disabled List
SEATTLE MARINERS
Hisashi Iwakuma P 15-Day Disabled List
Austin Jackson OF 15-Day Disabled List
Edgar Olmos P 15-Day Disabled List
Tom Wilhelmsen P 15-Day Disabled List Tyler Skaggs P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Oakland: 84%
Seattle: 16%

Free MLB Pick

We think that the pitching edge by the Athletics makes up for their uneven play. Starter Sonny Gray has an 83.3 Q start percentage with a sub 2.00 ERA. He’s pitched well against the Mariners with 7 wins in the last 9 starts. The current Seattle lineup has weak lifetime numbers .229 BA and .594 OPS. Taijuan Walker gets the start for the home town Mariners and he’s been brutal this season with 1 Q start as proven by his sky-high 8.74 ERA. He has one career start against the A’s and that came this season when he was lit up for 9 runs in 3 1/3 innings. Seattle is playing their first home game after a poor trip that saw them drop 6 of their last 7.
Take the Oakland A’s -120