Seattle Mariners vs Houston Astros Prediction: A revenge like match for Mariners

On Wednesday, the Houston Astros and the Seattle Mariners will meet at T-Mobile Park for the second game of their three-game American League West division series.

After suffering a defeat at the hands of the Houston Astros on Monday, the Seattle Mariners are in desperate need of a strong comeback performance. The defeat brought the Seattle Mariners' overall record to 84-72, putting them 1.5 games behind in the race for the American League Wild Card and leaving them on the outside looking in. Julio Rodriguez leads the Mariners with 179 hits, 100 RBIs, 31 home runs, a batting average of.284, and 31 home runs, while Cal Raleigh has 30 home runs so far this season. Both players have a batting average of.284. This season, Teoscar Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners has hit 26 home runs, while Eugenio Suarez of the Seattle Mariners has hit 21 home runs. Both players have contributed 92 runs batted in to the team's total. In addition, J.P. Crawford has a batting average of.266 and an on-base percentage of.378 thus far this season. George Kirby, who has a record of 11-10 with a 3.58 earned run average and 161 strikeouts this season, will get the start for the Seattle Mariners here.

On Tuesday, game one of the series was played between the Houston Astros and the Seattle Mariners. The final score was 5-1 in favor of the Houston Astros. The victory improved the Houston Astros' overall record to 86-71 for the season, allowing them to maintain their grasp on the final Wild Card berth in the American League. They now lead the Mariners in that race by a margin of 1.5 games, and they are 2.5 games behind in the fight for the AL West division title. Kyle Tucker leads the Astros with a batting average of.281, 109 RBIs, a slugging percentage of.367, 34 doubles, and 28 home runs as of Tuesday, while Alex Bregman has 24 home runs, 96 RBIs, and a team-high 156 hits. Alex Bregman also has a slugging percentage of .367. Yordan Alvarez leads the squad in home runs with 29, and he also leads the team in RBIs with 94, while Tucker leads the team in stolen bases with 29. This game will be started for the Houston Astros by Cristian Javier, who has a record of 9-4 with a 4.64 earned run average and 149 strikeouts so far this season.

I will continue to back the Seattle Mariners in this contest. Even though the Houston Astros took the opening game on Tuesday, the Seattle Mariners are the more desperate club. In fact, following Tuesday's loss, they may be even more desperate because George Kirby has performed significantly better at home this season. Even though Cristian Javier has had a difficult time pitching away from home, with an earned run average well above five, the Mariners have still managed to win eight of the eleven games played so far between these two teams this season. To keep things on an even keel, I'm going to go for the Seattle Mariners in this one.