Pick on the Total for the Rangers-Mariners game on September 29

The Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners wrap up their series in the Pacific Northwest on Friday with the Mariners looking to get one win closer to ending their 21 year playoff drought, the longest in Major League Baseball.

Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners (-120, 7)

Marco Gonzales takes the mound, who has one of the lowest strikeout rates in the league with 4.9 strikeouts per nine innings while allowing 1.4 home runs per nine innings. Gonzales has a 4.05 ERA, but with all the contact he's allowed has a 5.02 fielding independent, indicating regression might be on the horizon.

The Mariners offense has had difficulty moving the line, ranking last in batting average among American League teams in batting average since the All-Star break, but in that span are also are second among American League team in home runs.

  
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