Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 24-29 Seattle Mariners play host to the 28-26 Tampa Bay Rays tonight in MLB action on the grass of Safeco Field, June 4, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 10:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Mariners -117/Rays +107
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Erasmo Ramirez (R) W/L 3-2 WHIP 1.20 ERA 5.53
Roenis Elias (L) W/L 2-2 WHIP 1.34 ERA 3.07

Tampa Bay was a 6-5 winner at the Angels last night and is 4-2 on their road trip. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games. Seattle dropped a 3-1 decision to the Yankees on Wednesday and has lost five games in a row. They are 1-6 on their homestand.

The Mariners swept the Rays last week in Tampa and are a perfect 6-0 in the last 6 encounters between these two teams.

Ramirez was a 3-0 winner at Baltimore in his last start. He went 7 innings and fanned 7 for his first Q start of the season. He has started 6 games and made 7 relief appearances.

Elias was a 4-3 loser to Cleveland in his last outing. He surrendered all 4 runs in 5.1 innings. He has 5 Q starts in 2015.

No one on the Rays has more than 7 ABs vs. Elias. 1B Jake Elmore is 2-2 while IF Logan Forsythe is 2-5 (.400) with a HR and RBI. Light-hitting C Rene Rivera is 2-6 (.333) with a HR and RBI while SS Asdrubal Cabrera is 2-4 (.500) with an RBI. The quartet of 3B Evan Longoria, IF Nick Franklin and OFs Kevin Kiermaier and Joey Butler are a combined 1-18 (.056) vs. the left-hander.

Only 3 Seattle hitters have seen Ramirez before. OF Seth Smith is 4-11 (.364) with a HR and 2 RBIs while UT Willie Bloomquist is 1-3 (.333). OF Nelson Cruz is 0-2 vs. the right-hander.

Tampa Bay at Seattle Betting Trends

The Rays are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Tampa Bay has gone 4-1 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games against Seattle.
The Mariners are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
Seattle is 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games against Tampa Bay.

Injury Report

TAMPA BAY RAYS
Tim Beckham 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
John Jaso DH 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings 15-Day Disabled List
James Loney 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Moore P 60-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List
Kirby Yates P 15-Day Disabled List

SEATTLE MARINERS
Hisashi Iwakuma P 15-Day Disabled List
James Paxton P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Tampa Bay: 36%
Seattle: 64%

Free MLB Prediction

The trends support the Mariners in this spot who have owned the Rays with 6 consecutive victories. On paper Seattle also has the superior starter by a large margin with Elias having a Q start percentage of 71.4 this season compared to Ramirez’ 7.7. So why are we backing Tampa bay? Elias showed some cracks in his last start which was his worst of the season allowing 4 runs in 5 1/3 innings and anything near that performance could have the Mariners looking at another loss. Speaking of losses Seattle has strung together 5 of those scoring 3 or fewer runs in every game. Tamp Bay has been putting some runs on the board with 24 scored in their last four games and have hit left-handed pitching well this season with the 5th ranked on base percentage in the Majors. We’ll take the hot team here getting money.

Take the Tampa Bay Rays +107‏