Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 87-62 Kansas City Royals play host to the 73-77 Seattle Mariners tonight in MLB action on the grass of Kaufmann Stadium, Sept 22, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Mariners +101/Royals -111
Run Line: 8
Pitching Matchup
Hisashi Iwakuma (R) W/L 8-4 WHIP 1.08 ERA 3.90
Jeremy Guthrie (R) W/L 8-7 WHIP 1.52 ERA 5.55
Seattle was off yesterday. They are 2-1 on their road trip and 6-4 in their last 10 games. Kansas City also had the day off on Monday and is coming off a 4-6 road trip. They are 48-27 at home in 2015.
The Royals lead the season series 2-1 but the Mariners have a 6-4 advantage in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.
Iwakuma was a 3-1 winner over the Angels in his last start. He went 6 innings, allowed 1 run and struck out 9 for his 9th Q start of the year.
Guthrie has pitched in relief in his last 5 appearances. His last start was on August 19th. He has 8 Q starts in 23 starts this season.
Seattle DH Jesus Montero is 3-4 (.750) against Guthrie with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF Seth Smith is 6-9 (.667) with 3 RBIs. 3B Kyle Seager is 4-12 (.333) vs. the veteran right-hander with a HR, 2 RBIs and a stolen base while OF Franklin Gutierrez is also 4-12 with a HR and 3 RBIs.
2B Ben Zobrist and 1B Eric Hosmer are both 3-9 (.333) against Iwakuma. 3B Mike Moustakas is 2-8 (.250) vs. the right-hander with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF Alex Gordon is 3-9 (.333). The 8 other hitters to have faced Iwakuma before are a combined 12-67 (.179) with 2 HRs, 3 RBIs and 2 SBs.
Seattle at Kansas City Betting Trends
Seattle is 7-1 straight up in their last 8 road games.
The Mariners are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games against Kansas City.
The game total has gone over in 9 of Seattle’s last 11 road games.
Kansas City is 5-11 straight up in their last 16 games overall.
The Royals are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 home games against Seattle.
Injury Report
SEATTLE MARINERS
Charlie Furbush P 60-Day Disabled List
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Seattle: 14%
Kansas City: 86%
Free MLB Pick
A month or so ago this line would seem silly but the way the Royals have been fading and their starter Jeremy Guthrie is really struggling. Guthrie has just one Q start in his last six and against the mariners the numbers are even worse. He has managed one of those in one of his last eight outings against Seattle and has allowed a very unimpressive 30 runs in his last five starts against them. Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma has been pitching well with seven Q starts in his last eight games. He did get lit up for five runs in five innings in his latest against the Royals at Kauffman, but that was last season and he does have two stellar starts against them at home pitching 16 scoreless innings. We’ll back the road team and lay the small number.
Take the Seattle Mariners -109 @ INTERTOPS – FUNDING YOUR NEW ACCOUNT COULDN’T BE EASIER!
