3-1 +$265
SEATTLE VS. THE ORIOLES
…tonight is game #1 of 10 between the Mariners and Orioles this season, including 7 in April...the Orioles travel back to Seattle for three-game sets April 22-24 and Aug. 1-3...Mariners won the season series 7-2 in 2007, including a 4-2 mark here in Baltimore...Seattle is 13-6 vs. the Birds dating back to the start of the 2006 season and are 8-4 over that stretch...Seattle has won three of the last fi ve season series (2007, 2006 & 2003)...Orioles lead the all-time series 180-156, including a 101-69 mark here in Baltimore (Seattle is 32-53 in Camden Yards).BIRD HUNTING...since 1957, no one with 150-or-more plate appearances against the Orioles has had more success than Ichiro Suzuki...Ichiro is a career .387 (106x274) hitter vs. Baltimore, his highest career batting average against any AL team...he’s even better in Camden Yards, posting a .405 (53x131) mark here; that is also fi rst all-time (min: 120 PA)...Ichiro has recorded at least one hit in 52 of 65 career games vs. Baltimore, including 36 multi-hit games...finally, Ichiro currently has a 10-game hitting streak vs. Baltimore, dating back to Aug. 2, 2006...during the streak he is hitting .447 (21x47) with 7 multi-hit games, 11 runs, 4 doubles, a HR and 8 RBI.
DID YOU KNOW?
…that tonight’s starter, Jarrord Washburn, is 1-0, 1.89 in his last three “first starts” of the season?...since the start of the 2005 season, he has allowed just 4 ER in 19.0 innings combined in his fi rst start of the year...in fact, he is 2-0 (w/2 NDs) in his last four “fi rst starts” and his team is 3-1...in 2005, the only team loss in the last four years, Jarrod tossed 6.0 shutout innings in his ND.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=matchupHeader>All games at BALTIMORE over the last 3 seasons:</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text">SEATTLE is 7-2 (+5.3 Units) against BALTIMORE over the last 3 seasons
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=matchupHeader></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=matchupHeader>JARROD WASHBURN vs. BALTIMORE since 1997</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text">WASHBURN is 6-2 when starting against BALTIMORE with an ERA of 4.17 and a WHIP of 1.275.</TD></TR><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text">His team's record is 8-3 (+4.2 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 4-7. (-3.9 units)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=matchupBorder><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=matchupHeader>All games at MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text">KANSAS CITY is 8-10 (+2.5 Units) against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons </TD></TR><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text">14 of 18 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+9.4 Units)
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=matchupHeader>SCOTT BAKER vs. KANSAS CITY since 1997</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text">BAKER is 3-2 when starting against KANSAS CITY with an ERA of 2.81 and a WHIP of 0.840.</TD></TR><TR><TD class="matchupCells Text">His team's record is 4-2 (+0.8 units) in these starts. The OVER is 0-6. (-6.2 units)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>MINNESOTA is 9-17 (-14.3 Units) against the money line in home games against left-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
The average score was MINNESOTA 3.2, OPPONENT 4.3 - (Rating = 1*)
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L Seattle -38 $276-$200
W KC/MIN under 8.5-30 $260-$200
4-2 +189
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