Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays 5/18/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Seattle Mariners will continue a long road trip in Toronto ON Wednesday night where a match up with the Toronto Blue Jays. Seattle comes into Wednesday four games below .500 on the year after losing three of the last five games played including game one of this series 6-2. Chris Flexen took the loss for Seattle giving up three runs on six hits across 5.1 innings of work. The Seattle bullpen struggled as well allowing three runs on four hits across the final 2.2 innings of work.

Offensively Seattle was terrible going 4-32 as a team from the plate including 2-9 with Ryan scoring position to leave nine men on base. Eugenio Suarez showed the only sign of life for the Seattle offense with a two run home run in the seventh inning.

The Toronto Blue Jays will play their third consecutive home game Wednesday night two games above .500 on the year after winning two of the last three games played. Yusei Kikcuhi carried Toronto to the victory against Seattle allowing no runs on one hit across six innings of work to get the victory. The Seattle bullpen was stellar allowing only two runs on three hits across the final 3 innings.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Toronto offense with a .281 batting average to go along with a team high 20 RBI’s. George Springer supplies the power for the Toronto offense boasting a team leading seven home runs, while Bo Bichette leads the team with 37 hits.