Texas Rangers favored over Seattle Mariners as Bryce Miller's road struggles continue in AL West

We are successful a spot of a dull play for sports. We don't person a ton of the large sports going connected astatine the moment. The NBA has taken a interruption from Summer League (which acceptable viewership records, by the way). The NFL mini-camps haven't officially started. The NHL does person escaped bureau going on, but astir of the bigger names are signed. That leaves america with conscionable baseball, which is good by maine - I emotion betting connected it. Luckily, we person immoderate large games contiguous arsenic well, similar this 1 betwixt the Mariners and Rangers.

The Seattle Mariners are truly frustrating due to the fact that connected insubstantial this looks similar a squad that should beryllium moving distant with not lone their division, but among the champion successful the American League. That is not the case, unfortunately. The Mariners are 51-52 for the play and person been beauteous mediocre connected the roadworthy with a 21-29 record. I support waiting for this squad to crook it on, but they are conscionable average. Their discourtesy struggles regularly. The pitching unit is inactive dominant, but they aren't getting the enactment needed.

Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez, left, reacts with 3rd basal manager Manny Acta aft hitting a two-run location tally during the 4th inning of a shot crippled against the San Diego Padres, Monday, July 4, 2022, successful San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Today the Mariners get arguably the champion pitcher successful their rotation this season, Bryce Miller, to throw. Miller is 4-4 for the twelvemonth with a 2.27 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP. The occupation for Seattle is that helium didn't commencement the twelvemonth until May. His ERA by period has besides accrued each period from 1.71 successful May to 2.19 successful June, and present 3.06 successful July. To beryllium clear, anyone would instrumentality those numbers, but it is thing to monitor. He has been substantially worse connected the roadworthy than astatine home, arsenic well. He has allowed lone 16 earned runs this year, but 13 of those person been connected the road.

The Texas Rangers are really starring the American League West astatine the moment. It isn't a large astonishment aft they reinvested successful their rotation successful the offseason. The squad doesn't person ace elite hitting, but they bash inactive person immoderate precise potent bats successful the lineup. Their batting mean is 1 of the amended ones successful the league astatine .247, but they aren't scoring a ton of runs astatine conscionable 427 for the season. And that pitching unit they tried to amended is throwing to a 4.32 ERA.

Texas Rangers starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore pitches against the New York Yankees during the archetypal inning astatine Yankee Stadium successful the Bronx, N.Y., connected May 7, 2026. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

Tonight, the large summation they made successful the offseason, MacKenzie Gore, is toeing the rubber. Gore has been good for the Rangers with a 6-8 record, 4.80 ERA, and a 1.28 WHIP. I bash deliberation his WHIP is thing that whitethorn bespeak helium tin little his ERA. He has been amended astatine location arsenic well, with a 3.44 ERA. July has been a spot of a unsmooth period for him, with 18 earned runs allowed already, including 3 of 4 starts with astatine slightest 5 earned runs allowed. He has faced Seattle doubly this play astatine home; helium went 5 innings, struck retired 9 hitters, and allowed 1 deed successful the scoreless appearance.

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I don't emotion the Mariners successful this situation. I cognize they person the amended hitter, but this is simply a spot of a Jekyll and Hyde concern with Miller. On the road, helium is conscionable not astir arsenic bully arsenic astatine home. Gore hasn't been elite, but helium has been overmuch better, and much reliable astatine location than helium has connected the road. Seattle has besides struggled wide connected the road.

Texas Rangers' Ezequiel Duran runs towards location sheet to people connected an mistake by Cleveland Guardians near fielder Cooper Ingle successful the seventh inning of a shot crippled successful Cleveland, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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For those reasons, I'm taking the Rangers tonight. Gore is simply a bully pitcher, and I bash deliberation helium tin get a triumph to unfastened this series. Texas is 4-2 against the Mariners this play and already swept them erstwhile astatine location this season. I conscionable deliberation it is simply a atrocious concern and spot for the Mariners. I besides deliberation that the full goes implicit 7.5 tonight.

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