An American League showdown will take place on Monday night, when the Seattle Mariners travel to the Bronx to face the New York Yankees. The Mariners (55-48) are three games above .500 on the road and are currently in second place in the AL Wild Card standings. On Sunday, Seattle OF Jesse Winker hit a two-run shot during a 3-2 road loss against Houston in ten innings.
Thirty year old left-hander Marco Gonzales (6-10 3.66 ERA) will head to the hill for the Mariners in this contest. In his last start, Gonzales allowed two runs in seven innings during a 4-2 home victory versus Texas. Find out who plays on Monday with our MLB Predictions.
The New York Yankees have split their previous ten games and own the best overall record in the American League. On Sunday, New York surrendered four runs over the final two innings of an 8-6 home loss versus Kansas City. Anthony Rizzo and D.J. LeMahieu each went deep in a losing effort for the Yankees, who fell to 69-34 on the season.'
New York manager Aaron Boone will give the nod to talented righty Domingo German (0-1 8.22 ERA) in the series opener. Last time out, German gave up two runs in four plus innings during a 3-2 road loss against the New York Mets.
Recent Betting Trends
- Mariners are 20-6 in their last 26 road games.
- Yankees are 37-14 in their last 51 during game 1 of a series.
- Under is 7-2 in Mariners last 9 games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Under is 15-6 in Yankees last 21 Monday games.
- Under is 21-7-3 in the last 31 meetings in New York.
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