Neither team is trotting out an ace on Wednesday. Drew Anderson (4-4, 4.24 ERA) gets the ball for Detroit, but he hasn't started a game since June 15, when he lasted just 2.2 innings against Houston. Bryan Woo (7-8, 4.56 ERA) counters for Seattle off a rough turn against the Dodgers where he gave up 5 earned runs in 5 innings. First pitch is 6:40 PM PT.
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Mariners(55-59)
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Best BetTigers +127
Pregame
Detroit's getting plus money on the road while playing its best baseball of the summer, and that's a number worth taking. Woo is walking into this start on the back of a 5-earned-run clunker against the Dodgers, and the Tigers just hung 8 runs on Seattle in this same series. Backing the hot team at a plus price is the play.
Seattle's rotation depth is the reason this loss doesn't sink them yet — Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, Bryce Miller and Luis Castillo are all healthy behind Woo, and the staff has reportedly bought into a piggyback approach to manage the workload. But the lineup is banged up. Luke Raley is done for the season with a forearm strain, and J.P. Crawford is out with wrist inflammation, thinning a group that already got blanked by this same Tigers team.
Drew Anderson
(4-4)·4.01 ERA
Jun 15 @ Astros
ND
2.2IP
1ER
5K
2BB
59P
08/05 Lineup
Bryan Woo
(9-8)·4.10 ERA
Jul 30 @ Dodgers
L
5.0IP
5ER
8K
2BB
91P
08/05 Lineup
Detroit, meanwhile, is proving it doesn't need Tarik Skubal to keep raking. The Tigers have scored at least 8 runs in five straight games, a stretch that includes a season-series sweep of Oakland and Tuesday's 8-0 whitewashing of Seattle. That kind of offensive surge is exactly why the moneyline number on Detroit is worth a longer look.
Detroit Tigers
(55-58)
Aug 5W@ Mariners8-0
Aug 2W@ Athletics11-0
Aug 2W@ Athletics8-6
Aug 1W@ Athletics13-1
Jul 29Lvs Orioles9-10
Seattle Mariners
(55-59)
Aug 5Lvs Tigers0-8
Aug 2Wvs Twins7-6
Aug 1Wvs Twins4-3
Aug 1Lvs Twins3-5
Jul 31L@ Dodgers2-6
The Skubal trade is the real story hanging over this club right now. Detroit sent its two-time Cy Young winner to the Dodgers for a package headlined by outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-hander River Ryan — neither of whom moves the needle this week. What's kept the room from spiraling is that the Tigers won the day after the trade broke and haven't lost since, a response that says more about this roster's depth than any single arm ever could.
Detroit Tigers
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Fully healthy — no injuries to report
Seattle Mariners
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Fully healthy — no injuries to report
Both clubs are hovering right around .500 with the wild card picture still very much alive, which makes every game down the stretch matter more than the standings alone suggest. Seattle needs its healthy bats to cover for Raley and Crawford, and Detroit needs its rotation to hold up now that its best arm pitches on the other coast. Wednesday is a step toward figuring out which team is built to survive that math.
