Mariners vs Rangers Picks and Prediction – 9/21/2024

The Seattle Mariners open a three-game series on the road Friday versus the Texas Rangers. Seattle is 77-75 following a 2-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Seattle has lost each of the first two games of a series versus New York, which concludes on Thursday. Seattle is five games behind first place in the American League West and trails the third and final AL wild card qualifying spot by three games. Make sure you stay up to date with all the MLB action, with our MLB previews. 

Julio Rodriguez is batting .266 to lead Seattle and has team highs in hits with 138 and on-base percentage with .322. Cal Raleigh is the leader in home runs with 30 and RBI with 93. Seattle is batting .221 and has a .373 slugging percentage. On Friday, the Seattle Mariners will send Emerson Hancock to the mound. The right-hander is 3-4 with a 4.83 ERA, 33 Ks, and 15 BBs.

The Texas Rangers improved to 73-79 following a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Adolis Garcia hit a sixth-inning two-run homer to give Texas all of its runs. Cody Bradford threw seven shutout innings for the Rangers. The Rangers trail first place in the American League West by nine games and are seven games behind the third and final AL wild card qualifying spot. 

With Corey Seager out injured, Josh Smith is batting .260 to lead Texas. Adolis Garcia is leading Texas in home runs with 23 and RBI with 80. Smith has a team-high .361 on-base percentage, while Marcus Semien is the leader in hits with 143. As a team, Texas is batting .237 with a .378 slugging percentage. On Friday, Texas will send Jacob deGrom to the mound. The right-hander is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 4 Ks, and 0 BBs.

Seattle starter Emerson Hancock was hit hard last Friday by Texas, allowing three runs on six hits across five innings, and over the last four starts has allowed 11 runs in 20 innings with the OVER cashing in three of the four. Therefore, the play here is OVER. The OVER has cashed in four of Seattle's last six and five of Texas' last seven. Final Score Prediction, Texas Rangers win but our best play is OVER 9-3.