Seattle Mariners vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 9/13/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Sunday, September 13, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

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

The Seattle Mariners (69-78) are headed to Sutter Health Park on Sunday where they will try to defeat the Sacramento Athletics (59-88). The moneyline on this game has the Mariners at -130 while the Athletics are at +110. The total is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Bryce Miller and Jacob Lopez.

The Mariners have accumulated 180 doubles as a team and have knocked 165 balls out of the stadium. Seattle is slugging .373 and have struck out 1,287 times, while taking a walk on 494 occasions. As a team, the Seattle Mariners are putting up 4.0 runs per game, which puts them at 30th in MLB. They have tallied 559 RBI's as well as 1,112 base knocks this season, while their batting average is sitting at .229. They are sitting with 581 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .309.

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The Mariners have a team ERA of 4.21 for the season (19th in the league), and they have struck out 1,253 batters. Mariners pitchers have conceded 180 home runs in addition to 655 runs in total (17th in MLB). They have walked 388 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.01 as a team for the season. Seattle has given up 1,235 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and also 608 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.23 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.25.

The Mariners relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 58.9% and stepped onto the hill in 133 save situations. They have 33 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 23 out of their 56 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 149 runners this season with 30.9% of those players crossing home plate. Mariners bullpen pitchers have come into the game with players on base 107 times as well as having 143 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mariners have dispatched 450 relievers to the mound this year. The bullpen have tallied 76 holds for the season (20th in MLB).

The Mariners have transformed 69.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 11,685 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 23rd in professional baseball. The Seattle Mariners have a total of 3,895 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,210 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which is 17th in pro baseball, and have 117 double plays.

Miller has thrown 504 frames and is sitting with 465 strikeouts during his MLB career. Miller (28-30 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.99 while he has faced 2,048 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.05 (227 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.131. He has surrendered 436 hits (7.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 134 free passes.

The Sacramento Athletics are sitting with a team OBP of .318 in addition to a batting average of .245 this season. They have struck out on 1,256 occasions (10th in the league) and are sitting with 1,222 hits. Sacramento has accounted for 178 home runs so far this year as well as 613 RBIs. The Athletics hold a team slugging % of .403 and they are recording 4.36 runs per contest (20th in the league). They have 223 doubles, while walking 480 times and recording 641 runs.

The Sacramento pitching staff have conceded 828 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 5.35 (773 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 217 home runs and they allow 5.73 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.488 in addition to having a FIP of 4.85 as a team on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (1,239 strikeouts against 577 walks). They sit at 29th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,358.

Sitting with 150 save situations, the Athletics have tallied 83 holds in addition to 27 blown saves. Sacramento has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 64 save opportunities and they have come away with 37 saves. Sacramento relievers have an inherited score rate of 38.2% of 241 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 139 times in high leverage situations and also on 160 occasions with runners on. They are currently ranked 25th in baseball with a save rate of 57.8%, and they have sent 497 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

Out of their 11,700 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (29th in MLB). The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 106 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (13th in baseball). The Athletics have recorded 1,120 assists, 69 errors and have notched a total of 3,900 putouts over the course of the season.

Lopez (14-11 record in his career) has earned a 4.50 earned run average while conceding 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.35 and he has gone up against 991 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. He has given up a total of 113 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.358 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. In his career, Lopez has surrendered 208 base knocks while he has earned 233 punch outs in 226 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Seattle (-130)

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