T.M. Selection: Astros/Mariners UNDER.

I am on the under in the Houston Astros vs Seattle Mariners game on Saturday. The Astros have won 3 games in a row now but their pitching has been great in all of those games and I expect them to continue that in this game. They just shut down the Yankees in 2 games of a double header on Thursday and then shut down the Mariners on Friday who won 14 in a row going into the All Star break. I don't see them giving up a lot of runs in this game either and I expect the Mariners lineup to struggle with this pitching matchup. Justin Verlander (12-3, 1.89 ERA) is up for the Astros here and he has been great all year. He hasn't given up a run in 2/3 of his previous 3 starts and he has been pitching so well that he has only been charged with 2 runs in his previous 4 starts. He has been shutting down way better lineups in those games too and I expect him to do the same here with the Mariners who have seemed to cool off now. I don't expect the Astros to put up a ton of runs and run away with this game though. Logan Gilbert (10-3, 2.76 ERA) is up for the Mariners here and he has also been pitching great all year. He has only given up 1 run in 2/3 of his previous 3 starts and I expect him to continue pitching well like he has been lately. He has also faced the Astros lineup 2 times this year and put up some great numbers in both games against them. The Astros were only able to put up 3 runs total in the 2 games Gilbert started in, his team did give him run support in those games too but I don't expect him to get much with Verlander here. I think both starters are going to pitch well in this game and I expect them both to go deep, keeping this a low scoring game. I like the under in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-1 Astros.