Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners 5/15/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 05/15/2021 at 2:31 AM ET

T-Mobile Park will play host to a Saturday night MLB clash between the Cleveland Indians and the Miami Marlins. Last night, Cleveland SP Aaron Civale (5-1) was charged with five runs in six plus innings during a 7-3 road loss against Seattle. Josh Naylor hit a two-run blast in the top of the ninth inning for the Indians, who fell to 21-15 on the year.

Twenty-three year old righty Triston McKenzie (1-1 4.94 ERA) will take the mound for the Indians in this matchup. Last time out, McKenzie allowed two hits in five shutout innings during a 4-0 road victory against Kansas City.

The Seattle Mariners are a game above .500 at home and trail Oakland by 4.5 games for first place in the AL West Division standings. On Friday, rookie OF Jarred Kelenic hit his first major league home run and drove in three runs to power the Seattle offense. Kyle Seager got the scoring started for the Mariners (19-20) with a first inning solo shot.

Twenty-five year old southpaw Justus Sheffield (2-3 4.91 ERA) will get the nod for the Mariners on Saturday. In his last start, Sheffield was rocked for ten hits and seven runs (5 ER) during a 10-2 road loss against Texas.

Cleveland C Roberto Perez is expected to miss months recovering from surgery to repair his fractured right ring finger. Through 36 games, Cleveland ranks 25th in OPS and 23rd in runs scored. For the season, Seattle ranks 30th in OPS and 20th in runs scored. Take the over on Saturday. Final Score Prediction, Seattle Mariners 6-5.

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