Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners 5/16/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

T-Mobile Park will play host to game 4 of the series Sunday between the Cleveland Indians and the Seattle Mariners. The Indians are 21-16 on the year after losing 2 straight games to the Mariners. The Indians are the 18th ranked offense in the MLB scoring 4.11 runs on 6.86 hits per game. Josh Naylor leads the Indians lineup with a .264 batting average, while Jose Ramirez leads the team with 11 home runs on the year.

The Indians biggest strength on the year has been the defensive side and pitching as Cleveland ranks 6th in the MLB allowing 3.69 runs on 7.11 hits per game. Shane Bieber (4-2 2.95 ERA) will get the ball Sunday for Cleveland. Bieber has allowed 18 runs on 46 hits in 55 innings of work this season.

The Seattle Mariners are 20-20 on the season after winning 2 of the last 3 games. Seattle is off a 7-3 win on Saturday as Dylan Moore lead the way with 3 RBI's and 1 run scored. Donovan Walton added 2 hits and 2 RBI's as well.

Seattle has had pitching issues on the year allowing 4.54 runs on 7.82 hits per game. The Mariners have allowed 6 runs per game in the last 7 games played , while losing 5 of the 7 games played.The Seattle pitching staff has struggled on the year having allowed 161 earned runs on 305 hits, while boasting 7.7 strikeouts per 9 innings.