Oakland Athletics vs

Seattle Mariners Prediction

The Oakland Athletics are 25-18 on the road this season and are heavy favorites to beat the Seattle Mariners who are 29-20 at home. The Athletics have a better than 55% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. Athletics' starter Cole Irvin is forecasted to have a better game than Mariners' starter Marco Gonzales. Cole Irvin has a 58% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Marco Gonzales has a 46% chance of a QS. If Cole Irvin has a quality start the Athletics has a 78% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 5.3 and he has a 45% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Athletics win 65%. In Marco Gonzales quality starts the Mariners win 59%. He has a 23% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 59% of simulations. In simulations we tracked the batter for each team that was most productive based his average hits, walks and RBI per simulation. The most productive batter for the Seattle Mariners is Mitch Haniger who averaged 1.91 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 31% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Mariners have a 54% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Oakland Athletics is Matt Olson who averaged 2.42 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 40% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Athletics have a 76% chance of winning.