Seattle Mariners at Tampa Bay Rays 4/26/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Tuesday night MLB action, the Seattle Mariners will travel to Tropicana Field to battle the Tampa Bay Rays. The Mariners (10-6) are riding a three-game winning streak and own a one-game lead over Los Angeles for first place in the AL West Division. On Sunday, OF Jesse Winker came through with a walk-off single to lift Seattle to a 5-4 road victory against Kansas City in 12 innings.

Twenty-four year old righty Logan Gilbert (2-0 0.54 ERA) will head to the hill for the Mariners in this contest. Seattle has won Gilbert’s first three starts and he has allowed just one home run through 16 plus innings.

The Tampa Bay Rays have won six of their first ten home games and are sitting one game back in the AL East Division race. On Sunday, Tampa Bay IF Yandy Diaz homered and scored a pair of runs during a 5-2 home victory versus Boston. Shane McClanahan (1-1) gave up two runs in seven innings to earn the first victory of the season for a Rays’ starter.

Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash will use right-hander Matt Wisler (1-0 2.45 ERA) as an opener in the series opener. Through seven plus innings, Wisler has allowed one home run while striking out seven batters.