Looking for your daily dose of MLB action? Well tonight’s just the night with two huge games guaranteed to satisfy your baseball cravings. Our first game features the AL West-leading Houston Astros (73-59), who have won seven of their last 10, playing host to their division rivals, Seattle Mariners (61-71), for the second encounter of their three-game set at Minute Maid Park.
Later on, the top two teams in the NL West division—the Los Angeles Dodgers (72-57) and San Francisco Giants (69-61)—collide for what’s expected to be an explosive showdown carrying major playoff implications.
Read on below to get a brief preview of these two riveting matchups. And if you’re up for other sports action, click here to view our Grand Slam tennis action featuring Roger Federer vs, Leonardo Mayer and John Isner vs. Malek Jaziri.
[sc:MLBArticles ]Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros (7:10 PM ET)
Line: Seattle Mariners (+145) vs. Houston Astros (-160); total: 10.5 – view all MLB lines
[sc:MLB240banner ]Roenis Elias (4-7, 4.20 ERA) hasn’t been delivering the goods for the Mariners lately. He is coming off a poor performance during his last time out opposite the White Sox Thursday night, where he yielded four runs (three earned) on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings for the eventual 4-2 defeat. Elias, who has yet to capture a win since June 19, will look to end his losing drought by relocating his form when he toes the rubber tonight at Houston.
As for the Astros, they’ll be sending Scott Feldman (5-5, 3.75 ERA) on the mound. Feldman is fresh off his longest start of the season, throwing eight shutout innings and allowing just six hits despite the sorry 1-0 loss to the Yankees on August 24. Across nine starts at home this year, Feldman is 2-4 with a 5.16 ERA and a .318 batting average against.
Seattle is 3-7 in Elias’ previous 10 starts. Houston, meanwhile, is 3-4 in its last seven contests with Feldman starting.
Writer’s Prediction
Astros (-151) win, 7-3.
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (10:10 PM ET)
Line: San Francisco Giants (+126) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (-136); total: 6.0– view all MLB lines
Madison Bumgarner’s (16-6, 2.97 ERA) pitching prowess has been on full display throughout five starts in the month of August. During that span, he compiled an ERA of 1.43 ERA while striking out 53 batters in over 37 2/3 innings of work. Bumgarner, who notched his 25th career double-digit strikeout game against the Cubs on August 27, holds a 13-5 record and a 2.34 ERA across 20 games (19 starts) versus the Dodgers.
Los Angeles, meanwhile, counter with their ace Zack Greinke, who is 14-3 with an MLB-best 1.61 ERA. Greinke is 8-1 in his last 10 starts and has been at his best at Dodger Stadium, carrying a 7-1 record and a 1.42 ERA and .82 WHIP through 14 starts this season.
The Giants are 8-2 in Bumgarner’s last 10 starts. The Dodgers, on the other hand, have won six of their last eight contests with Greinke starting.
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Writer’s Prediction
Greinke outpitches Bumgarner to give Los Angeles (-136) the 3-1 triumph.
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