Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners Prediction 8-16-23 MLB Picks
The Seattle Mariners and the Kansas City Royals meet Wednesday in MLB action from Kauffman Stadium. This will be the third installment in a four-game series this week. The Royals eked out a win in the opener, then on Tuesday the Mariners pulled even with a 10-8 win of their own. Check back all season long for free MLB picks at Sports Chat Place.
Seattle Mariners
The Mariners had a 6-5 lead going into the bottom of the ninth on Monday but ended up losing it in a 7-6 result. Julio Rodriguez drove the offense with a run, two hits and four RBI. On Tuesday in game two, Seattle scored two in the top of the 10th inning to cap a wild 10-8 win. Ty France logged four hits and three RBI with a homer to help push the offense.
In the starter role Wednesday it’ll be the Mariners’ Luis Castillo. Over his 24 starts this year Castillo is 8-7 with a 3.14 ERA and 163 Ks in 143.1 innings. Castillo has gone 3-1 with a 3.35 ERA over his last seven starts.
Seattle Mariners Team Facts
The Mariners have lost four of their last five games as favorites against AL Central opponents following a win.
The Mariners have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven games against the Royals following a road win.
The Mariners have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last five Wednesday games as favorites.
The Mariners have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last five Wednesday games as favorites.
Seattle Mariners Player Prop Facts
Luis Castillo has recorded seven or more strikeouts in five of his last six appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
Luis Castillo ranks 9th in the league for total Strikeouts (163) this season.
Kansas City Royals
Over on the Royals’ side, they ended up powering out the Monday win thanks to a walk-off bunt single squeeze play by Dairon Blanco. Salvador Perez posted a homer and four RBI as well. On Tuesday the Royals came back from a 7-0 deficit in the fourth to force extras, but couldn’t finish. Bobby Witt had two runs, four RBI and a homer in the losing effort.
Kansas City will send out James McArthur for the start Wednesday. In his five games (zero starts) without a decision this year McArthur has a 13.50 ERA and two strikeouts in 6.0 frames.
Kansas City Royals Team Facts
The Royals have won five of their last six games as home underdogs following a loss.
The Royals have covered the run line in nine of their last 10 games at Kauffman Stadium.
The Royals have led after 3 innings in four of their last five games as home underdogs against American League opponents.
The Royals have led after 5 innings in three of their last four games as home underdogs against American League opponents.
The Royals have led after 7 innings in four of their last five 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 T29th in the league for walks this season (295).
The Seattle Mariners ranks 29th in the league for strikeouts against this season (1176).
The Seattle Mariners ranks 2nd in the league for ERA this season (3.72).
ANDREW’S FREE PICK
The line's too thick to mess with, but I’m going to stick with the Mariners in this one. So long as Castillo can put together a quality start, however. In an August 4 outing versus the Angels, Castillo gave up seven earned in 6.0 innings during a no-decision. In the other pair of his last three starts however, Castillo is 2-0 with just one earned in 12.0 frames. On Tuesday Seattle started hot but ran out of steam down the stretch. It was a nice effort eventually finishing off a pesky Royals squad, though. That makes 16 runs in two games for Seattle; if the pitching staff can rein things in I think the team will be fine for another W on Wednesday.
