{"id":29225,"date":"2013-07-13T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29225"},"modified":"2013-07-13T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T15:30:34","slug":"mlb-picks-los-angeles-angels-vs-seattle-mariners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mlb-picks-los-angeles-angels-vs-seattle-mariners-29225\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Picks: Los Angeles Angels vs. Seattle Mariners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Angels (44-47) and Seattle Mariners (41-52) will continue a three-game American League West series Saturday night at Safeco Field, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Angels vs. Seattle Mariners<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Angels are 1-5 when the betting total is 7 or less this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it suffered an 8-3 setback to the Seattle Mariners as -124 road favorites Friday, while going OVER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cRight now, we\u2019re a little banged up, waiting for some guys to come back,\u201d commented Angels manager Mike Scioscia.\u00a0 Outfielder Mike Trout will likely lead the offense in this affair, as he\u2019s gone 14 for 30 with a home run against tonight\u2019s opposing starter.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-5 when the betting total is 7 or less this season.<\/p>\n

Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver (3-4, 3.38 ERA) has led the club to three consecutive victories, including a 3-0 home win over the Boston Red Sox last time out, as he allowed five hits over 6.2 shutout frames.\u00a0 The right-hander is 0-2 with a 4.18 ERA in four road games, with opposing hitters batting .224 against him.\u00a0 In 25 career starts versus the Mariners, Weaver has tallied a 12-7 record and 3.27 ERA.<\/p>\n

Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak yesterday, while it has gone OVER the betting total in five consecutive affairs.\u00a0 The Mariners have scored 38 runs in their last five games, but have come away with just two wins in that span.\u00a0 \u201cObviously we\u2019ve struggled from a pitching standpoint,\u201d commented Mariners manager Eric Wedge.\u00a0 Designated hitter Raul Ibanez has been on fire recently, as he\u2019s batting .357 with 10 home runs and 18 RBIs in his last 17 games, while he\u2019s 14 for 30 in his career against Weaver.\u00a0 Seattle is 27-36 in July the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez (9-4, 2.69 ERA) has led the club to back-to-back wins, including an 11-4 home victory over the Boston Red Sox last time out, as he allowed two runs and six hits over seven innings.\u00a0 The right-hander is 3-2 with a 3.02 ERA in eight home games, surrendering five home runs in 56.2 combined frames.\u00a0 In 32 career appearances versus the Angels, Hernandez has gone 7-12 with a 4.12 ERA.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 9-3-1 in Weaver\u2019s last 13 road starts in the series.<\/p>\n

Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Angels (44-47) and Seattle Mariners (41-52) will continue a three-game American League West series Saturday night at Safeco Field, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:10 p.m. ET Los Angeles Angels vs. Seattle Mariners Los Angeles has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it suffered an 8-3 setback […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[5070,1511,702,479,2202,25,7488,6781,220],"class_list":["post-29225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-american-league-west","tag-felix-hernandez","tag-jered-weaver","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mike-trout","tag-mlb","tag-raul-ibanez","tag-safeco-field","tag-seattle-mariners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29226,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29225\/revisions\/29226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}