Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians 6/12/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Seattle Mariners play the second game of a series on the road Saturday against the Cleveland Indians. Seattle is 31-33 following an 8-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Miscues hurt the Mariners, as Seattle committed three errors in the loss. Mitch Haniger hit two home runs for Seattle in the loss. Seattle has lost six of its last nine, following a winning streak of five games.

Shortstop J.P. Crawford is batting .271 to lead Seattle. Right fielder Mitch Haniger is the leader in home runs with 16, RBIs with 40 and hits with 63. Third baseman Ty France is the leader in on-base percentage at .344. On Saturday, Seattle will send Yusei Kikuchi to the mound. The left-hander is 3-3 with an ERA of 4.05, 69 Ks and 20 BBs.

Cleveland is 32-27 following an 8-2 loss to the St Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. The Indians have struggled of late at 3-3 over their last six games and are second in the American League Central 4 ½ games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox. Cleveland continues to struggle at the plate as the Indians are batting .222 as a team, which is 28th in baseball and only four teams have scored fewer runs than the Indians with 243.

Third baseman Jose Ramirez is batting .265 to lead Cleveland and has team highs in home runs with 14, RBIs with 35, hits with 56 and on-base percentage at .347. Cleveland has hit 69 home runs in its first 59 games. On Saturday, the Cleveland Indians will send Triston McKenzie to the mound. The right-hander is 3-4 with an ERA of 4.92, 101 Ks and 44 BBs.