Seattle at Detroit

The Seattle Mariners hung in the wildcard race for quite awhile, but are slipping fast. This team that lost over 100 games last season is vastly improved, but now face the rest of the season without ace Eric Bedard, leaving a gaping hole in the rotation. The Mariners are just 11-14 in their last 25 games, and four of them were won by Felix Hernandez. Ryan Roland-Smith has done a good job coming back off an injury, but he is facing a team that eats up lefthanders at 89-57 the last four years, and is also winning two of every three at home, and an even better 24-9 in their last 33. The Tigers have not lost more than one in a row at home in their last 16 played in Detroit, while the Mariners are now just 17-37 in their last 54 as a road dog. I'll go with the Tigers in this one.