Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Best Bet: Banking on Justin Verlander Again
Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Best Bet: Banking on Justin Verlander Again
Mariners vs. Astros Start Time, Where to Watch, and Odds
- Date: May 27, 2022
- Game Time: 9:40 pm ET
- Where to Watch: MLB.TV
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Read on for our best play and odds for Friday's series opener between the Astros and Mariners.
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Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Prediction
1u - Justin Verlander - To Record Win - Yes (-121) (Bet $121 to Win $100)
*Odds Available at Caesars at Time of Publishing*
This is really close to our double result bets but they it could go longer than 5 innings and they can’t lose the lead at any point after Verlander is pulled. Astros are -200 road favorites for a reason, Verlander is an absolute monster and someone who has been an auto bet all year. He has already played Seattle twice this season and he has recorded a win both times. He went a ridiculous 8 innings without allowing a run in one start and in the most recent one he did allow 2 Earned Runs after 6.2 innings pitched which is still a great outing.
These two starts aren’t just it, Verlander has great lifetime stats against these Seattle bats. In 68 at-bats against Justin, they only have 12 hits and 4 RBI. That is a .176 average ane an RBI every 17 at-bats. Simply put, JV owns this franchise. Verlander has been especially good on the road for whatever reason, he has pitched 33 innings on the road and has only allowed 2 Earned Runs and 13 hits. Only allowing a hit every 2.5 innings and allowing a run every other game is impossible to sustain but it’s a great sign that he’s been playing great baseball.
The Astros do currently the best bullpen in baseball in terms of ERA with a 2.62 ERA so if Verlander leaves the game with a lead I trust them. On the other side for Seattle we have Chris Flexen who has faced off against Houston twice this year already and has recorded a loss in both efforts. This year, he has allowed 4 Earned Runs in 11 innings against them which isn’t awful but not good enough to win when you’re playing an ace. Flexen has allowed 3 Earned Runs or more in 5/8 starts, if that happens again then this should cash with absolute ease. Houston has been playing pretty good ball lately and should help JV out. This is worth staying up for!
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