Seattle Mariners at Tampa Bay Rays odds, picks and prediction

Seattle Mariners are on a 10-game road trip. They play the first game of a three- game series against the Tampa Bay Rays at 7:10 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field. Mariners' Chris Flexen (9-5, 3.81 ERA) makes his 20th start. Rays' Michael Wacha (2-2, 4.79 ERA), makes 14th game.

Flexen allowed 7 runs on 9 hits in 4 innings in an 8-6 loss to the Houston Astros Tuesday. The Mariners are 13-0 this season when he starts.

Wacha lasted 3 2/3 innings and allowed 5 runs on 11 hits in a 5-1 loss at the Mariners on June 18. He has pitched more than 5 innings only three times this season.

Mariners at Rays is a free, daily sports pick’em contest.

The Mariners swept the Rays in a four-game series in Seattle in June. The Rays are 34-20 at home and have won four straight games.

Seattle Mariners are 59-47 ATS overall and 28-22 ATC on the road. The Rays are also 59 -47 overall but 27-27 AET at home. They are 3-1 ATA in their last four games but are 0-4 AATS against Seattle.