Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners 7/31/2023 Picks Predictions

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31 July 2023

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The Boston Red Sox will go against the Seattle Mariners in MLB action in T-Mobile Park, Seattle, on Monday, July 31, 2023, at 9:40 PM ET.

The Boston Red Sox spent much of the season hovering at the bottom of the AL East standings, but they quietly placed themselves in a position to qualify for the American League playoffs.

The Red Sox are currently over .500, and assistance is on the way with starter Chris Sale and shortstop Trevor Story both prepared to make their postseason comebacks from the injured list.

Before losing game two on a walk-off home run, the Red Sox won the first game 3-2. In the series finale on Sunday, the Giants defeated the Red Sox 4-3 in extra innings thanks to an 11th-inning single.

The Red Sox made the decision to delay Brayan Bello by an extra day.

Thus, they will start an opener for the second game. Since being demoted to the bullpen after being dropped as a starter, righty Nick Pivetta is anticipated to pitch most of the innings on Monday night.

In his past three outings, Pivetta is 2-0. In 12 innings of action, he only gave up three hits and 0 runs. At that time, Pivetta had a 14.25 K/9 rate and a meager 0.50 WHIP.

There were 82 occasions in which Red Sox relief pitchers entered the game with runners on base in addition to the 67 times they did so overall. The relievers are 27th in the league with 43 holds on the year.

The Red Sox relievers entered the match in 80 situations with a 78.4% save rate. They made 29 saves so far this campaign, but just 8 of their 37 save chances were successful.

Over the course of the season, relief pitchers were handed 103 runners, and 28.2% of them reached base. This year, the Red Sox sent 314 bullpen pitchers to the mound.

The total went UNDER in 6 of Boston’s last 6 matches.
The Boston Red Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 matches.
The Boston Red Sox are 10-2 SU in their last 12 matches against Seattle.

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For the first time since 2001, the Seattle Mariners qualified for the postseason in 2022 as a wildcard.

With many of the same players from the playoff run from the previous year returning, the squad entered 2023 with even larger expectations.

The Mariners are attempting to climb and secure a postseason place after a sluggish start to the season. The Mariners traveled to Arizona this past weekend to play the Diamondbacks.

Seattle won game one but lost game two despite having the winning and tying runners on base in the eighth inning of the second game.

In the decisive game on Sunday, Mariners starter Luis Castillo gave up only two hits and struck out seven in six innings of complete relief, leading to a 4-0 Mariners victory.

The Mariners will send the ball to right-hander George Kirby on Monday night. In 20 starts this season, Kirby is 9-8, including an extremely amazing 15 quality starts.

With an ERA of 3.49, he worked 123.2 innings while giving up 121 hits. Kirby has an overall K/9 rate of 8.2 and a WHIP of 1.08. Kirby has a perfect record in his lone Stars versus Boston this year.

He threw 6.2 innings and gave up eight hits for an ERA of 1.35. Kirby won with six strikeouts against one walk.

The Mariners have 58 holds in 98 save opportunities, including 14 missed saves. Seattle had 39 chances to preserve the game by using bullpen pitchers, and they have 25 saves to their credit.

Out of 123 inherited base runners, Seattle relievers scored 26.0% of them. They used 344 bullpen pitchers this season and are presently ranked 15th in baseball with a save percentage of 64.1%.

The total went UNDER in 5 of Seattle’s last 7 matches.
The Seattle Mariners are 4-1 SU in their last 5 matches.
The total went OVER in 17 of Seattle’s last 20 matches against Boston.

Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners. The MLB pick for this game is the Boston Red Sox. This season, the Red Sox routinely outperformed their opponents.

Boston has the most victories this season over clubs with a .500 record or higher in the major leagues. Pivetta excelled as the game’s key innings eater when the Red Sox used an opener.

He did not give up a run in any of his previous three outings, and his excellent WHIP over that time is 0.50. He also had five full days of rest after pitching five scoreless innings last Tuesday night against the Braves.

After having trouble in the first several weeks of July, the Red Sox now appear to have their offensive back. In their most recent 10 games, they batted .265 as a unit and scored about five runs per contest.

In those ten games, they also hit 12 home homers. Boston’s squad features many left-handed players, so watch for them to attack Kirby and win this game for Boston in Seattle.

The Boston Red Sox will win to a predicted score of 6-3.

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