Seattle Mariners vs Houston Astros Prediction 9-26-23 MLB Picks

Mariners Looking To Rebound

The Seattle Mariners are in dire need of a bounce back performance after their loss to the Astros on Monday. The loss dropped Seattle to 84-72 on the year, sitting 1.5 games back on the outside looking in on the AL Wild Card race. Entering Monday, Julio Rodriguez leads the Mariners with 179 hits and 100 RBIs along with 31 home runs and a .284 batting average while Cal Raleigh has 30 home runs this season. Teoscar Hernandez has 26 home runs along with 92 RBIs for the Mariners this season and Eugenio Suarez has 21 homers of his own along with 92 RBIs as well. J.P. Crawford also has a .266 batting average and a .378 OBP this season. George Kirby will start for the Mariners here and is 11-10 with a 3.58 ERA and 161 strikeouts this season.

Seattle Mariners Team Facts

The Mariners have lost each of their last 10 games against teams that held a winning record.The road team has covered the run line in each of the last eight games between the Astros and Mariners.The Mariners have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last seven games against American League opponents that held a winning record.The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Mariners' last five games as favorites against AL West opponents.

The Mariners have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last five games against American League opponents that held a winning record.

Seattle Mariners Player Prop Facts

Julio Rodriguez ranks T7th in the league in Steals (36) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

The Seattle Mariners rank T29th in the league for triples this season (12).The Seattle Mariners rank 29th in the league for strikeouts against this season (1540).The Houston Astros rank 3rd in the league for strikeouts against this season (1202).

The Houston Astros rank 4th in the league for hits this season (1394).

Chris’ Pick

I’m sticking with Seattle here. Sure, the Astros won Monday’s opener, but the Mariners are still the more desperate team, maybe even more so after Monday’s loss and George Kirby’s been much better at home this season. Cristian Javier’s struggled on the road with an ERA well over five, and the Mariners have still won 8 of the 11 meetings between these two so far this season. I’ll roll with Seattle in this one.