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Game: (977) Seattle Mariners at (978) Arizona Diamondbacks
Date/Time: Sep 5 2021 4:10 PM EDT
Betting Line Provider: Consensus Line
Play Rating: C units
Play: Seattle Mariners -121 C Flexen (RHP), T Gilbert (LHP) Must Start
C unit Seattle Mariners (-121) over Arizona Diamondbacks (Flexen/Gilbert) —
When you look at Chris Flexen‘s stats, you may be a little surprise.. with a 4.55 ERA on the road?! When you look, the team knows how to support Flexen, even with that ERA he has a record of 5-1 on the road! In his L15 starts Flexen has an ERA under 3.00 (2.84) including a 1.86 ERA in the L3 starts and a 3-0 record with a 2.95 ERA in day games! The team as a whole is 7-0 in Flexen‘s L7 vs. a team under .500, 5-2 in his L7 on the road and has pushed his record to 11-5. The Mariners are also only allowing 3 runs per game in the L7 games, helping them win 4 straight wins, and 5 straight on the road, on top of a 7-0 run vs. teams under 40% WP. Arizona has the youngster on the mound, and we obviously know he is CAPABLE of shutting down an offense to zero hits… but since that breakout performance Gilbert is 0-3 with a 5.40 ERA. While Gilbert has shown some impressive numbers @ H (1.74 ERA), a 1-2 record shows little to no run support when you have a sub-2.00 EEA with only 1 W. While the offense has struggled, a team that is allowing 5.9 runs per game in the L7 with a bullpen that has a combined ERA of 5.30 is going to struggle to pull out a W. Arizona is also 1-10 in inter league play so far this season (including 0-7 @ H!!), alongside a 27-65 record off a L.
