Cleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners 8/25/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Thursday afternoon MLB action, the Cleveland Guardians will travel to T-Mobile Park to take on the Seattle Mariners. The Guardians (66-56) have won consecutive games and own a 3.5 game lead over Minnesota for first place in the AL Central Division. On Wednesday, SP Cal Quantrill (10-5) struck out six batters across seven shutout frames during a 7-0 road victory against San Diego.

Twenty-five year old righty Triston McKenzie (9-9 3.11 ERA) is putting together a breakthrough season for the Guardians. In his last start, McKenzie fanned a career-best 14 batters during a 5-2 home victory versus Chicago.

The Seattle Mariners have split their previous ten games and hold a two-game lead over Baltimore in the race for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Wednesday, Seattle went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base during a 3-1 home loss versus lowly Washington. Rookie OF Julio Rodriguez hit his 20th home run of the season in a losing effort for the Mariners (67-57).

The Mariners will give the nod to thirty year old left-hander Marco Gonzales (8-12 4.08 ERA) on Thursday. Last time out, Gonzales allowed two runs (1 ER) in five plus innings during a 10-2 road victory against Oakland.