Seattle Mariners Gameday Preview At Tampa Bay
By Dan Hughes
Initial Thoughts:
The Mariners had their 5-game win streak snapped while the Rays snapped a 10-game slide. Look for the Mariners to bounce back and build some momentum today before handing the ball over to Felix on Sunday.
Game Details:
Seattle Mariners: 31-29.
Tampa Bay Rays: 24-38.
Game time: 1:10 pm Pacific time. St. Petersburg, Florida. Tropicana Field.
MATCHUPS:
Pitching:
Seattle Mariners LHP Roenis Elias (4-4, 3.53 ERA) v. Tampa Bay Rays LHP Alex Cobb (1-3, 3.19 ERA)
Edge: Push. It depends on what Elias we see out there. Cobb isn’t a bad pitcher despite his record. He hasn’t been given any run support. Could be a low scoring affair.
Projected Lineups:
Mariners:
Of Note: Michael Saunders is day to day with a shoulder issue after exiting Friday’s game. Justin Smoak gets another day off – seems to happening a bit more lately. Ackley gets the start at DH today.
Rays:
Ben Zobrist DH
Of Note: The Rays snapped a 10-game slide with the win against the M’s yesterday. Look for this hungry lineup to want more.
Other Notes:
Check out all of our MLB draft coverage on SodoMojo and from around FanSided by clicking this link.
Final Thoughts:
We’ve talked about it before, this team has trouble with bad teams. The Tampa Bay Rays have a worse record than the Houston Astros and we can’t beat them? While I think this will be a low scoring game, I believe the M’s can pick up this one and look forward to having Felix on the hill tomorrow to start building some momentum again.
Score Prediction:
Mariners 3, Rays 2.