As the Red Sox flounder and the Yankees streak, the seas have opened for a Mariners’ playoff sneak-in.

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While my picks this week have not gone to plan, I want to give a quick shout-out to fellow Pine user (and New York sports fan) @thatfunkymartian for an insane double player prop parlay win. It was awesome following the reaction in the Discord. Glad Stanton and Judge could pull through for you (and solidify the Yankees’ playoff chances).

Since the northeast has not been kind to me, I’ll head towards my neck of the woods in the Pacific Northwest to cover the Mariners and A’s match-up.



In the past 20 games, the Seattle Mariners have scored at least four runs in all but four games. In their last 10 games, the Mariners have also held opponents to two or fewer runs in six games, with a trending average at 2.18.


Mariners’ projected started Logan Gilbert has also returned to his early season form after a rough August. In September, he averages less than two earned runs allowed in about five and a half innings of work (paired with a strikeout per inning). Gilbert’s O/U on strikeouts is currently 5.5. Despite the stellar September, Gilbert has only recorded over five strikeouts once in five starts.




For Oakland, Frankie Montas takes the mound. In five September starts, he has surpassed seven strikeouts in four starts and held opponents to one or fewer runs in three starts. His strikeout O/U is at 6.5.



However, in the past month, both the Mariners and A’s are in the league’s bottom half for strikeout rate, albeit Oakland is rising and Seattle is declining in the past week.


Here are my bets to watch this game (along with the LIIC pick):

Mariners +1.5 (-170)

First Five Innings Under 4 (-125)

Logan Gilbert Under 5.5 Strikeouts (+100)

Frankie Montas Under 6.5 Strikeouts (-118)