Seattle Mariners vs. Detroit Tigers Odds & Prediction: July 2nd 2010

On Friday night, BetUS Sportsbook makes its MLB picks in the tussle between the Detroit Tigers and the Seattle Mariners at Comerica
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The Mariners are playing respectable baseball on this road trip having taken two out of three games at Yankee Stadium. Still, there really is no hope for coming back to the rest of the AL East, as they are a hefty 14 games behind the Texas Rangers.

For the Tigers, their eyes have to be fixated both on what is in front of them and what is behind them. The Minnesota Twins are just a game in front of Detroit in the AL Central standings, but the Chicago White Sox are only a game in its rear view mirror.

Seattle Mariners (33-45, -$1,255) vs. Detroit Tigers (41-36, +$431)
Game Date/Time: Friday, July 2nd, 7:05 ET
Game Location: Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
TV/Radio Broadcast: Fox Sports Northwest, Fox Sports Detroit, XM

MLB Odds: Seattle Mariners +1.5 -145 +145 (Doug Fister – R) vs. Detroit Tigers -1.5 +125 -165 (Max Scherzer – R): Total 8.5 O -105 8.5 U -115

RHP Doug Fister didn’t pitch all that poorly against the Brewers in his first start back in the lineup after basically missing the entire month of June injured. He allowed four runs in as many innings, but only allowed five hits and a walk before getting pulled. The Mariners won that game 5-4. On the season, Fister is 3-3 with a 2.81 ERA. Opposing batters are still only hitting .226 against the young righty, and as a result, his WHIP is a miniscule 0.99. The righty is only allowing one walk per start this year, which has kept him out of potential trouble quite a bit.

Back in the middle of May, RHP Max Scherzer was left for dead in Detroit. He was optioned to Triple-A Toledo and had an ERA of 7.29. Since coming back to the bigs, he has a 2.95 ERA and has struck out a whopping 49 batters in 36.2 innings of work. Scherzer is only 3-2 in that stretch, but he is certainly proving why the Tigers traded CF Curtis Granderson and RHP Edwin Jackson to acquire him during the offseason. Earlier this season, Scherzer faced these Mariners and looked fantastic. He gave up just two runs in six innings of work in what amounted to be the only victory that he picked up before being sent down to the minors.

MLB Insider Tip : The Tigers are just 4-11 in their L/15 MLB betting encounters played on Fridays. Even though there is clearly a discrepancy between these two teams, this is a nice spot to back the visitors. Fister is bound to look better than he did in his first start back from his injury suffered at the end of May, and if he can do that, we’ll take our chances of backing the run line in this situation. Our MLB picks call for the M’s sticking within a run at worst tonight.

My MLB Prediction: Seattle Mariners +1.5 (Fister)
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