Mariners vs. Blue Jays Odds
| Mariners Odds | +130 |
| Blue Jays Odds | -150 |
| Over/Under | 7 (-115/-105) |
| Time | 4:07 p.m. ET |
| TV | ESPN |
Seattle couldn’t have imagined Game 1 of the AL Wild Card round — its first playoff game in 21 years — going any better than it did. Trade deadline acquisition Luis Castillo tossed 7 1/3 scoreless innings, the offense scored three runs in the first inning and a total of four off of Alek Manoah. Andres Munoz shut down the last five outs with relative ease and Seattle is now one game from the ALDS and a matchup with Houston.
Toronto is still at home and although the Jays’ offense went quiet on Friday, it was just one game of baseball. Now, Toronto will have Kevin Gausman on the mound against the player they chose him over — former Blue Jay Robbie Ray.
Ray won the AL Cy Young with Toronto just last season and while he hasn’t replicated that production this year in Seattle, his swing-and-miss stuff can play against any lineup when he’s on his game.
Even though there wasn’t much offense in Game 1, I don’t expect the same level of run suppression in Game 2 because these lineups were both among the top seven in baseball after the trade deadline.