MLB Betting Free Picks: Minnesota @ Seattle

Added on Jun 01, 2010 by Jack Thurman in

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Sportsbooks offering a board full of baseball betting opportunities for Tuesday, and we’ll head out west to look at an American League game between the Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins. Twins threatening to run away with the AL Central and hold a 4.5 game lead over 2nd place Detroit. Seattle is mired in last place in the AL West eight games off the pace.

Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners
June 1, 7:10 PM Pacific

Twins continue to play excellent baseball and head into tonight’s game having won five straight and 7 of their last 10. Mariners have lost 3 straight after showing some signs of life in late May, and are 5-5 in their last 10. Twins have a winning record on the road (13-11) while the Mariners are 12-14 at home. Nick Blackburn gets the start for Minnesota and although his numbers aren’t impressive (4.28 ERA overall, 5.61 on the road) the Twins have won 8 of his 9 starts. Jason Vargas has been solid for Seattle this year with a 3.12 overall/2.56 home ERA.

A couple of things of note here–Seattle has been a very streaky team, and losses have beget other losses. Mariners are 8-22 -15.8 units following a loss this season. More significantly, Minnesota has dominated left handed pitching posting an 11-5 +6.1 record against southpaws. At a ‘pick’em’ price we’ll gladly back the far superior overall team in what looks to be a favorable situation for them. Twins have a great opportunity to pad their lead in the AL Central and we expect them to take advantage of it.

Bet Minnesota (Blackburn) -110 over Seattle (Vargas)