Indians-Mariners Odds Preview

The Cleveland Indians and the Seattle Mariners will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Safeco Field.

Lefthander Aaron Laffey will take the mound for the Indians to start this game. Laffey is 2-1 this season with a 4.50 ERA.

Starting this game for the Mariners will be Ryan Rowland-Smith. The lefthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Mariners listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Indians defeated Toronto 5-4 as a +160 underdog on Thursday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9).

Shin-Soo Choo drove in a pair of runs and scored once for Cleveland, while David Huff picked up the win after allowing four runs on eight hits over 7 2-3 innings.

The Mariners defeated Detroit 2-1 as a +115 underdog on Thursday. The three runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).

Jarrod Washburn pitched seven shutout innings and allowed only two hits for Seattle, while Mike Sweeney was 2-4 with an RBI in the win.

Current streak:
Seattle has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
Cleveland: 38-58 SU
Seattle: 51-44 SU

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Seattle are 4-6
After playing Toronto are 6-4
After a win are 1-9

Seattle most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Cleveland are 7-3
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland’s last 7 games when playing Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 7 games
Cleveland is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Cleveland is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Seattle’s last 9 games
Seattle is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle’s last 7 games when playing Cleveland
Seattle is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

Next up:
Seattle home to Cleveland, Saturday, July 25