Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Betting Preview | October 2

The Seattle Mariners start the season as home favorites (-274) against the Oakland Athletics (+222) at T-Mobile Park on Sunday. First pitch is at 4:10 PM ET. Seattle’s Robbie Ray gets the start against Oakland’s James Kaprielian.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Mariners vs. Athletics

• Game Day: Sunday, October 2, 2022
• Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Stadium: T-Mobile Park

Mariners Stats & Trends

Mariners Batting

• The Mariners ranked 13th in baseball with 199 home runs last season. They averaged 1.2 per game.
• The Mariners ranked last in MLB with a .226 batting average.
• Last season the Mariners had the No. 22 offense in baseball scoring 4.3 runs per game (697 total runs).
• The team struck out 9.2 times per game, the fifth-worst average in baseball.
• The Mariners averaged 1.2 homers per home game last season (94 total at home).
• The Mariners had a .369 slugging percentage and averaged 2.5 extra-base hits per game at home.
• The team batted .215 with 547 hits (6.8 per game) at home last season.

Mariners Key Batters

• Mitch Haniger finished last season with 157 hits while batting .253.
• Jesse Winker slashed .305/.394/.556 and finished with an OPS of .950.
• Ty France ended last season with an OBP of .368 while batting .291 with 46 walks and 85 runs scored.
• Adam Frazier finished with a slash line of .305/.368/.411 and a .779 OPS.

Athletics Stats & Trends

Athletics Batting

• The Athletics’ 199 home runs ranked 13th in Major League Baseball.
• The Athletics ranked 21st in MLB with a .238 team batting average.
• The Athletics were among the highest scoring teams in the league, ranking 10th with 743 total runs last season.
• The Athletics showed patience at the plate last season with the eighth-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.3) among MLB offenses.
• In 81 games on the road last season, they hit 112 homers, an average of 1.4 per contest.
• They had a team slugging percentage of .425 in away games last season with 269 extra-base hits.
• They averaged 8.6 base hits per game and had a .247 batting average on the road last season.

Athletics Key Batters

• Tony Kemp racked up a slugging percentage of .418 and a batting average of .279 last season.
• Sean Murphy hit .216 with 23 doubles, 17 home runs and 40 walks.
• Seth Brown hit .214 with 13 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and 23 walks a season ago.
• Chad Pinder hit .243 with 16 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 16 walks.

Mariners vs. Athletics Probable Pitchers