The three-game AL West series comes to a close as the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners take to the T-Mobile Park diamond. Seattle carried a six-game winning streak into this series but has been handed back-to-back losses and Houston is now eyeing a ninth consecutive victory. Gerrit Cole (HOU) and Marco Gonzales (SEA) get the ball with the Astros Sportsbook as a -175 favorite and the Mariners coming back at +150 and total Sportsbook at 8.5 runs.
Marco Gonzales was hit extremely hard vs the Astros last year and they are crushing LHP through the first few weeks of the 2019 season. Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole was quite good against Seattle last year and if he can manage to work he way around Domingo Santana and Jay Bruce, then he should be able to keep its offense in check.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Seattle's last 17 games.home Houston has the second-best batting average vs LHP this season. (.317)away Marco Gonzales (SEA) had a 12.91 ERA in two starts vs Houston last year.home