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Houston Astros vs Seattle Mariners Game 1 Best Bet: Tuesday, October 11th
The Houston Astros will play host to the Seattle Mariners for the first two games of their best-of-5 series when the two teams meet in the AL Divisional Playoffs. The Astros entered the post-season with the best record in the American League which resulted in a first-round bye as Seattle had to win two games in Toronto to earn their way here.
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October 11, 20:37 (UK time)
Been there, done this! The Houston Astros are back in the playoffs again and for the last 5 years they’ve been a staple in the post-season. With the best record in the American League at 106 – 56, the Astros are sending their ace to the mound who had one of the best seasons of his career.
Justin Verlander will take the mound for game 1 to help lift the Astros to their sixth straight ALCS. Losing at this stage of the playoffs is simply unacceptable for this team, but that could all come crashing down when the Mariners come to town with their own goal to reach the next stage of the post-season. Verlander is not just up for the Cy Young Award for his regular season accomplishments, because he is going to be announced as the winner of the award, and there is no doubt about it!
Verlander (18 – 4; 1.75 ERA) hasn’t been seen on a post-season mound since 2019, as he has been absent from the playoffs the last two years hoping to erase some bad memories. If you recall, Verlander was 0 – 2 in the 2019 World Series while Max Scherzer was busy helping the Nationals win their first Championship title that season. Verlander has tossed 187 2/3 career innings in his playoff career and he will pass Clayton Kershaw who has thrown 189 innings of post-season baseball. Kershaw and Verlander are both 1 & 2 in active post-season innings pitched and the Dodgers have the best record in baseball this year.
Some of the names have remained the same in Houston, as Jose Altuve only needs 6 more home runs to tie Manny Ramirez for the post-season record. Altuve was a big part of the cheating scandal that some of us have still not gotten over, but sure, he’s got talent so we have to mention him, right? Pfft!
Anyway, how impressed with you with Seattle in Toronto? Taking game 1 was impressive enough but did you see that second game? Toronto jumped out to an 8 – 1 lead so we must be headed to a third game to decide the wildcard series… Or, Seattle will mount an epic comeback to win game 2, 10 – 9, and that’s why we’re all here today.
Logan Gilbert (13 – 6; 3.20 ERA) was supposed to start Game 3 if Seattle had lost Game 2 of the Wildcard playoffs. Despite it not being announced early, I saw a quote on the MLB Network that the Mariners’ President of Operations Jerry Dipoto clearly expects Gilbert to take the mound in Game 1.
As amazing as the comeback was to win Game 2 in Toronto, Julio Rodriguez had absolutely nothing to do with it. We all expect Rodriguez to take home the AL Rookie of the Year Award, and what a regular season it was for the Dominican Republic native. All JRod did was bash out 28 home runs, and smashed out 25 doubles while also stealing 25 bases. Rather impressive!
If making bold calls tickles your fancy, watch this! Balls are made of brass today!
Houston Astros vs Seattle Mariners Best Bet
This series is going to need 5 games, and Seattle will win Game 5 IN HOUSTON to advance! If the +1.5 Games Handicap for the series wasn’t listed at 1.75 I might have suggested it but I am the Mayor of Value City and 1.75 doesn’t get my ROI excited enough!
- Selection: Mariners +1.5 Runs
- Best Odds: 1.86 (Pinnacle)
- Stakes: 4/10
- Bonus: Mariners Win Series at 3.00 odds (Pinnacle)
Odds as of 9:30 am October 11, 2022. Odds may now differ.
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