Mariners Vs Athletics: MLB Betting Odds & Trends – 6/23/2022

The Seattle Mariners (31-39) have a 2-0 series lead and will attempt to sweep the Oakland Athletics (22-47) on Thursday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, starting at 3:37 PM ET. Seattle’s (-134 to win) Robbie Ray and Oakland’s (+114) Frankie Montas pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

The betting trends in this article are based off odds valid as of June 23, 2022 at 3:29 AM ET.

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Mariners vs Athletics Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Mariners Probable Starter Robbie Ray

• Ray (6-6) gets the starting nod for the Mariners in his 15th start of the season. He has a 4.25 ERA in 84 2/3 innings pitched, with 91 strikeouts.
• In his last appearance on Saturday, the left-hander threw 7 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels, giving up one earned run while surrendering three hits.
• The 30-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.25, with 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings, in 14 games this season. Opponents are batting .228 against him.
• Ray is trying to build on a second-game quality start streak in this outing.
• He will face an Athletics squad that is batting .210 as a unit (30th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .329 (29th in MLB) with 49 total home runs (29th in MLB).
• The 30-year-old ranks 48th in ERA (4.25), 37th in WHIP (1.193), and 13th in K/9 (9.7) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 23, 2022 at 3:29 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Athletics Stats vs Ray

Athletics Probable Starter Frankie Montas

• The Athletics’ Montas (3-7) will make his 15th start of the season.
• The right-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Kansas City Royals.
• The 29-year-old has pitched to a 3.53 ERA this season with 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.2 walks per nine across 14 games.
• He has earned a quality start eight times in 14 starts this season.
• The Mariners have scored 281 runs this season, which ranks 25th in MLB. They are batting .235 for the campaign with 75 home runs, 14th in the league.
• The 29-year-old ranks 36th in ERA (3.53), 29th in WHIP (1.139), and 19th in K/9 (9.3) among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 23, 2022 at 3:29 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Mariners Stats vs Montas

Mariners Betting Trends

• The Mariners have been favored on the moneyline 26 total times this season. They’ve gone 15-11 in those games.
• Seattle is 8-6 (winning 57.1% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -134 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Mariners a 57.3% chance to win.
• Seattle has had an over/under set by bookmakers 70 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 33 of those games (33-35-2).
• The Mariners have a 35-35-0 record against the spread this season (covering 50% of the time).

Athletics Betting Trends

• This season, the Athletics have won 19 out of the 57 games, or 33.3%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Oakland has entered 43 games this season as the underdog by +114 or more and is 12-31 in those contests.
• The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 46.7%.
• So far this season, Oakland and its opponents have hit the over in 32 of their 70 games with a total.
• The Athletics are 30-40-0 against the spread in their 70 chances this season.

Mariners Players to Watch

• Ty France has racked up a team-best OBP (.393) and slugging percentage (.480), and paces the Mariners in hits (87). He’s hitting .319 with 14 doubles, 10 home runs and 20 walks.
• Among the qualified batters in MLB action, France ranks 10th in batting average, eighth in on-base percentage, and 35th in slugging.
• J.P. Crawford is batting .281 with 15 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 29 walks.
• Among the qualifying hitters, Crawford ranks 35th in batting average, 24th in on-base percentage, and 84th in slugging.
• Julio Rodriguez has 14 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 20 walks while hitting .276.
• Jesse Winker is hitting .219 with 10 doubles, six home runs and 44 walks.

Mariners Batting Stats (2022)

Athletics Players to Watch

• Sean Murphy leads Oakland with a slugging percentage of .401, fueled by 25 extra-base hits.
• Of all qualified hitters in MLB, Murphy is 139th in batting average, 130th in on-base percentage and 94th in slugging percentage.
• Seth Brown leads Oakland with 43 hits. He is batting .211 this season and has 22 extra-base hits.
• Brown is currently 146th in batting average, 147th in on-base percentage and 81st in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters.
• Elvis Andrus is batting .219 with a .335 slugging percentage and 11 RBI this year.
• Tony Kemp leads Oakland in OBP (.308) this season, fueled by 48 hits.

Athletics Batting Stats (2022)

Mariners vs Athletics Player Props

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