Michael Alexander

Rating: 2 Units

The Seattle Mariners have won four of their last five while the Milwaukee Brewers had dropped five straight before beating Cincinnati twice over the weekend. I think we're getting an excellent price on the visitors to keep it close here at Miller Park tonight. Seattle southpaw Marco Gonzales (8-6, 4.38 ERA) has recovered nicely from a rough stretch and enters this contest 3-0 with a 2.33 ERA in his past three starts. Gonzales is hard to beat when he's on a roll and the Mariners are 14-6 in his last 20 starts following a Quality Start in his last appearance. We can also note that the Brewers are 0-5 in their last five games vs. a left-handed starter.

Rating: 2 Units

The Rangers come into Detroit as winners of three of their last four overall, and the Tigers have lost eight of their last nine overall. Texas could be a far bigger favorite here. Jordan Zimmerman will get the nod for Detroit, and the Tigers are 0-5 in Zimmermann's last five starts. The over is 5-0 in Zimmermann's last five starts overall. The Rangers are 10-3 in the last 13 meetings in Detroit.

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The Orioles have won just once in the last 12 games and are electing to go with a "opener" here. These bullpen days have generally not gone well for them, which shouldn't be surprising as the pitching staff has a combined 5.85 ERA, more than a full run higher than than the American League average. They are allowing the most runs per game in all of baseball right now (6.3) and incredibly that number jumps to 6.9 runs/game here at Camden Yards! San Diego's Logan Allen didn't allow any runs in his big league debut (seven innings) and gave up only three hits last Tuesday. After getting swept over the weekend in Pittsburgh, San Diego is going to want this one pretty badly.