Seattle Mariners at Tampa Bay Rays 4/27/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Seattle Mariners play the second game of a three-game series on the road Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays. Seattle was off on Monday and the Mariners improved to 10-6 with a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Jesse Winker hit a walk-off home run for Seattle in the victory on Sunday. Seattle swept Kansas City in its three-game series. The Mariners are first in the American League West, a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Angels.

Ty France is batting .375 to lead Seattle and the third baseman has team highs in home runs with five, RBIs with 19 and hits with 24. Shortstop J.P. Crawford is the leader in on-base percentage at .471. On Wednesday, the Seattle Mariners will send Marco Gonzales to the mound. The left-hander is 1-1 with a 3.29 ERA, 13 Ks and 3 BBs.

Tampa Bay was off Monday and the Rays improved to 9-7 with a 5-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. Shane McClanahan was the winning pitcher for Tampa Bay and became the first starting pitcher for the Rays to earn a victory through 16 games. Tampa Bay defeated Boston in two of three games. Tampa Bay is third in the American League East, 1 ½ games behind the first place Toronto Blue Jays.

Wander Franco is batting .349 and the Tampa Bay shortstop has a team high 22 hits. Second baseman Brandon Norway's the leader in home runs three, while first baseman Ji-Man Choi is the leader in RBIs with 10 and infielder Yandy Diaz is the leader in on-base percentage at .412. On Wednesday, Tampa Bay will send Drew Rasmussen to the mound. The right-hander is 0-1 with a 5.25 ERA, 9 Ks and 3 BBs.