#973 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Cleveland Guardians -110 over Seattle Mariners, Friday at 10:10 PM ET - Seattle took the first game of the series 3-1 despite getting outhit 6 to 4 by the Guardians. The M’s were a bit lucky to get to 3 runs on just 4 hits as all their runs came on one HR in the 1st inning. Tonight’s match up features 2 starting pitchers heading in opposite directions. Cleveland starter Bieber has an ERA of just 1.62 over his last 5 starts and his lifetime ERA vs Seattle is a solid 3.75. He’s also been better on the road this year with an ERA of 3.00 and the Guardians have won 10 of his 14 road starts this season. Seattle starter Gilbert has not recorded a win since July 5th and over his last 8 starts he has an ERA of 5.62. The Mariners have lost 5 of his last 6 starts and Gilbert’s home ERA is nearly a full run higher than his road ERA at 4.04. Cleveland’s offense ranks higher in RPG, OPS, and batting average while striking out the least in MLB at just 7 per 9 innings. Seattle’s offense has been poor since the All Star break ranking 28th in batting average at .216 ahead of only Pittsburgh and Miami. That could spell trouble vs a Cleveland pitching staff that has really pitched well as of late allowing an average of just 2.6 RPG over their last 10. Prior to their somewhat lucky win last night, Seattle had lost 3 of their previous 5 games and while that may not seem like a big deal, those games were vs Washington & Oakland who have the 2 worst records in MLB. Cleveland gets the win tonight.