Seattle Mariners vs Houston Astros Prediction, 5/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Houston Astros

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (+110) Houston (-130)

The Houston Astros (11-11) will try to beat the Seattle Mariners (12-10) at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has the Mariners at +110 and the Astros are sitting at -130. The over/under has been set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Chris Flexen and Cristian Javier.

The Mariners have hit 37 doubles as a unit and have smacked 23 baseballs out of the park. Seattle is slugging .396 and have struck out 185 times, while drawing a walk on 91 occasions. As a squad, the Seattle Mariners are putting up 4.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in baseball. They have earned 99 RBI's as well as 177 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average is .240. They have tallied 102 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .329.

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The Mariners hold a team ERA of 3.26 over the course of the season (7th in the league), and they have struck out 189 batters. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.74 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.21. Mariners pitchers have surrendered 26 home runs and 82 runs in total (9th in baseball). They have walked 69 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.08 as a unit this season.

The Mariners relievers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and stepped onto the hill in 17 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 19 runners on the season with 26.3% of them earned a run for their team. Mariners pitchers have come into the game with players on base 17 times as well as having 19 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mariners have sent 76 relief pitchers to the mound this year. The relievers have recorded 11 holds on the season (17th in the league). They have tallied 3 saves on the season and have blown 3 out of their 6 chances to get a save.

The Seattle Mariners have earned 579 putouts for the season, in addition to 178 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .983 which puts them in 18th in professional baseball, and have 21 double plays. The Mariners have turned 71.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,737 innings, which has them ranked 11th in the majors.

Flexen has pitched in 271 innings and has tallied 189 K's thus far in his career. His ERA is 4.70 (142 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.465. He has allowed 298 hits (9.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 100 free passes. Flexen (18-20 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.63 and he has faced 1,180 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

The Houston Astros have recorded a team OBP of .288 and a batting average of .214 for the season. They have struck out on 185 instances (19th in baseball) and have earned a total of 158 hits. Houston has a total of 25 HRs this year as well as 80 runs batted in. The Astros hold a slugging % of .369 and they are scoring 3.73 runs per contest (22nd in MLB). They have tallied 35 doubles, while taking a walk 73 times as well as scoring 82 runs.

The Houston pitching staff have surrendered 86 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.59 (77 earned runs given up). They have conceded 21 long balls and they allow 4.01 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB). The Astros have a team WHIP of 1.196 in addition to having a FIP of 3.95 as a team over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.64 (177 strikeouts vs 67 bases on balls). They are sitting at 13th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 164.

Houston has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 7 save chances and they have earned 5 saves. They rank 14th in the league with a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 78 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 28 times in high leverage situations in addition to 19 occasions with runners on. Houston bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.5% out of their 29 inherited runners. With 20 save situations, the Astros have earned 13 holds in addition to 2 blown saves.

The Houston Astros have turned 17 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (7th in MLB). The Astros have 171 assists, 8 errors and have amassed 580 putouts so far this season. In 1,740 innings on the diamond, the Astros have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.9% (6th in pro baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Javier has given up 112 hits and he has 200 punch outs in 169 innings. He has allowed 63 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.101 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.70 and he has faced 689 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. Javier (10-3 record in his career) has a 3.36 earned run average and has allowed 6.0 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle (+110)

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