Orioles at Mariners 9/5/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Orioles are just looking forward to October when they will finally have some time off. Then the Orioles will have a chance to try to refocus on what went wrong this season and start to figure out why the season did not pan out as expected. The Mariners on the other hand are trying to gain 8 games on the Astros to potentially make the AL West into a three way race for first.

The Orioles are coming into this game with a pitching staff that is downright horrid on the season with a team ERA of 5.16. When it comes to scoring the Orioles have been able to get a total of 537 runs scored, but are hitting at a clip of .238.

With the Mariners the team has been able to do decent when it comes to the run scoring with 572 runs crossing the plate. The hitting average for the Mariners is sitting at .256. The average is right above 20th position in the team rankings as it sits at 4.24. Andrew Cashner is the pitcher the Oroiles are going to put on the plate. Cashner on the season has been able to throw a total of 146.1 innings and struck out 98 batters but is only 4-13 on the season. Cashner has posted an ERA that sits at 4.86.

Mike Leake is the pitcher the Mariners are handing the ball over to in this game here. Leake on the year has thrown a total of 165 inning and struck out 105 batters. He has posted a 8-9 record with a 4.25 ERA.