Baseball Betting: Royals vs. Mariners Odds & Pick: August 29th 2009

Kansas City Royals vs. Seattle Mariners u8.5 (-110 odds)
Sat August 29th 2009 10:10p
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Ian Snell is coming off of back-to-back solid efforts for the Seattle Mariners, while Gil Meche is more than capable of holding down the Seattle offense for the Kansas City Royals, so look for these teams to sneak Under this total this evening.

Snell showed glimpses of ability while he was with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but it was his inconsistency that made him expendable despite the fact that his lower salary would have been a perfect fit has he stayed in Pittsburgh. He has had surprising success in the American League thus far though.

Snell has allowed three runs or less in four of his five starts in a Mariners uniform, and he is coming off of probably his toe best starts of the entire year no matter where he called home. He allowed exactly one run and four hits in each of his last two outings, and the fact that he pieced these outings together is an encouraging sign that he may have finally gained some consistency.

Now Meche is probably considered a disappointment this year for the Royals, as he is just 6-9 with a 4.75 ERA. He has certainly be unspectacular, but at least Meche has been very consistent, allowing four runs or less in 18 of his 22 starts. He is certainly capable of putting up a Quality Start here tonight vs. a Mariners lineup that is batting a pathetic .214 vs. right-handed pitching the last 10 games.

Granted the last five head-to-head meetings have all gone Over, but we see that streak coming to an end given this pitching matchup.

MLB Free Pick: Royals, Mariners Under 8.5 (-110)