Seattle at Detroit

Seattle is on a 9-3 run after winning the first two of this series with ease, 9-2 and 5-0. The Mariners are No. 1 in all of baseball in the bullpen (2.73 ERA) and second in pitching ERA (3.25). Seattle has a winning road record and is 51-24 versus losing teams. Logan Gilbert (3.79 ERA) starts with an impressive 50-to-8 strikeout-to-walk ratio holding batters to a .216 average. The Mariners are 39-21 on the road against teams that average 2.75 or fewer extra-base hits per contest. Detroit is 20th in the bullpen (4.09 ERA) with an offense that is 29th in slugging and dead last in runs scored and on-base percentage. Starter Joey Wentz (6.09 ERA) has a 6.16 ERA at home after going winless at home last season with a 4.87 ERA. The Tigers are 11-30 at home against teams with a bullpen ERA of 3.45 or better, as well as 9-31 versus AL teams that allow 3.9 or fewer runs per game. With Seattle on a 28-11 run versus Detroit, including winning five in a row in this park, back the visitors. Play Seattle.