#926 ASA PLAY ON Texas -125 over Seattle, Sunday at 2:35 PM ET - Texas starting pitcher Martin Perez has been one of the top pitchers in MLB this season. His ERA is 1.42 and he has not allowed a single HR in 10 starts. After allowing 3 ER’s in each of his first 2 starts back in mid April, Perez has allowed only 4 ER’s in his last 8 starts! He faces a Seattle team that has a record of 11-20 on the road this season and getting outscored by 1 RPG. The M’s have struggled vs left handers especially on the road where they have a batting average of .198 and Perez is allowing opponents to hit just .199 this season. Not a good mix for Seattle. George Kirby has been solid in his first season in the Majors but he’s only pitched 26 career innings. He was very good in his last outing vs light hitting Baltimore but his 2 starts prior to that he allowed 9 ER’s on 16 hits in 10 innings of work. Opponents are hitting a solid .260 vs Kirby and his xERA is higher than his actual ERA. Seattle has the 8th worst bullpen ERA in the Majors while Texas, after a rough start to the season for their relievers, has moved all the way up to 10th in bullpen ERA. Big advantage for Texas pitchers today. The Rangers are playing solid baseball right now winning 7 of their last 11 while Seattle has won only 6 of their last 24 games as a road underdog. Texas gets the win at home.