Tigers at Mariners 5/18/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions
The Detroit Tigers (19-23, 3rd AL Central) continue their four-game series in the Pacific Northwest on Friday against the Seattle Mariners (24-18, 3rd AL West).
The Tigers lost on Wednesday to the Cleveland Indians 6-0 snapping a three-game winning streak. Cleveland’s Trevor Bauer struck out 10 Tigers batters. Ryan Carpenter fell to 0-1 after allowing seven hits and five runs over five innings of work in just his second start in the big leagues.
Dee Gordon leads the Mariners with a .321 batting average and team high 54 hits. Mitch Haniger is the team leader in home runs with 10 and RBIs with 32. Seattle has a team batting average of .260 while opposing hitters are averaging .253 at the plate against Mariners pitching. Seattle will send veteran Felix Hernandez to the mound on Friday. The right-hander on the season is 5-3 with an ERA of 5.66, 45 Ks and 22 BBs.
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Seattle has won each of its last 7 meetings at home against Detroit and 5 of Hernandez’s last 6 starts at home against Detroit. This Tigers team is just not very good and have to fade Detroit again tonight. Even the up and down Mariners will have no trouble tonight. Final Score Prediction, Seattle Mariners win 6-2.