Orioles vs Mariners Prediction (Aug. 11) Betting Tips
There’s an interesting series starting in Major League Baseball on Friday. The red-hot Seattle Mariners will be hosting the Baltimore Orioles, the latter being the best team in the American League by win-loss record. This series truly represents two of the premier teams of late colliding in what should be a competitive series. Our Orioles vs Mariners prediction involves taking a close look at the pitching matchup for the first game.
Orioles vs Mariners Prediction: Starting Pitching
The pitching matchup sees Kyle Gibson going up against Luis Castillo. Gibson, who is 11-6 for the Orioles, has a 4.50 ERA and a WHIP of 1.28. His strikeouts are not quite where you would want them to be. He has 117 on the season but that’s in 140 innings pitched.
Castillo, Seattle’s starter, is having a better season. He is just 7-7 but his ERA is 3.21, his WHIP is 1.05, and he has 155 strikeouts in 137.1 innings pitched. It’s these statistics, as opposed to his win-loss record, that has made him one of the favorites to win the AL’s Cy Young (+1500 with bet365).
Entering Friday, Castillo is 14th in the league in strikeouts per nine innings. A WHIP of 1.05 puts him in the Top Ten in all of the Major Leagues from that perspective. He truly has been unfortunate to only go 7-7 thus far. You have to think that he will do his part to make this game a low-scoring affair.
Final thoughts and betting tip
In fact, this looks like a game where hits could be at a premium. Seattle only allowed seven hits in their most recent series against the San Diego Padres. It was just a two-game series but that’s still some elite defense. Meanwhile, Baltimore is third in the Major Leagues in fielding percentage. They are at .989 from that point of view. Their fielding has definitely gotten them out of a lot of jams this season.
Take the UNDER for total runs in this game. That has been set at 8.0 with bet365 at odds of -120. This is one of the later games in the evening. It will start at 10:10 PM ET for those out east. The local start time in Seattle will be 7:10 PM PT.
