Kansas City Royals vs. Seattle Mariners Prediction 8-14-23 MLB Picks
The Seattle Mariners and the Kansas City Royals meet in game one of their four-game set in MLB action from Kauffman Stadium on Monday.
Mariners Fall Short Vs. Orioles
The Seattle Mariners had been on quite the roll in recent weeks but unfortunately came up short in their series finale/rubber match against Baltimore on Sunday, losing by a final score of 5-3. The loss put the Mariners 6.5 back of the Rangers in the AL West race with a record of 63-54, and 1.5 games back of the Blue Jays in the AL Wild Card hunt. Julio Rodriguez leads the Mariners with 122 hits along with 19 home runs while Cal Raleigh has a team-high 20 home runs this season. Teoscar Hernandez has 17 home runs along with 60 RBIs for the Mariners this season and Eugenio Suarez has 16 homers of his own along with a team-high 73 RBIs as well. J.P. Crawford also has a .266 batting average and a .379 OBP this season. Logan Gilbert will start for the Mariners here and is 10-5 with a 3.66 ERA and 138 strikeouts this season.
Seattle Mariners Team Facts
- The Mariners have won 15 of their last 16 road games against American League opponents following a home loss.
- The Mariners have covered the run line in each of their last 16 road games against American League opponents following a home loss.
- The Mariners have led after 5 innings in each of their last four road games against American League opponents that held a losing record.
- The Mariners have lost the first inning in each of their last three Monday games as road favorites against AL Central opponents.
- The Mariners have trailed after 3 innings in three of their last four games as favorites against AL Central opponents.
Royals Settle For Split Vs. Cardinals
The Kansas City Royals had a chance to keep their decent run of form going, but unfortunately fell short against St. Louis in Saturday’s series finale by a final score of 5-4, taking a split of their two-game set. The loss set the Royals back to 38-81 on the year, sitting 4.5 games ahead of the Oakland A’s for the dubious distinction of the worst record in baseball. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with 128 hits, 21 home runs and 71 RBIs along with a .272 batting average while Salvador Perez is second for the Royals in homers with 18 this season. MJ Melendez also has a team-high 22 doubles but has the dubious distinction of leading KC with 128 strikeouts this season. Brady Singer will start for the Royals here and 8-8 with a 5.05 ERA and 108 strikeouts this season.
Kansas City Royals Team Facts
- The Royals have lost each of their last nine night games against AL West opponents following a home loss.
- The Royals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last nine night games against AL West opponents following a home loss.
- The Royals have won the first inning in each of their last three Monday games as underdogs against the Mariners.
- The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Royals' last five games against American League opponents.
- The Royals have led after 3 innings in each of their last three games as home underdogs against American League opponents.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Kansas City Royals ranks 1st in the league for triples this season (31).
- The Kansas City Royals ranks 30th in the league for walks this season (289).
- The Seattle Mariners ranks 1st in the league for ERA this season (3.68).
- The Seattle Mariners ranks 1st in the league for runs allowed this season (473).
Chris’ Pick
I still have to stick with the Mariners here. Both teams have watched their hot runs start to slow but the Mariners have still been the hotter team, and oh yeah they’ve still got 25 more wins than the Royals and are frankly the better team across the board. I just think the price is where it is because Singer’s been a valuable piece of KC’s rotation, but again I just feel the Mariners hold all the cards here. Give me Seattle.
