Game Date:
04/05/2017
8:10pm EST
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Seattle +1
Houston -1
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Over
7.5 (-115)
Under 7.5 (-105)
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Astros manager A.J. Hinch began the process of fully utilizing the talent at his disposal on Tuesday, inserting both Evan Gattis and Marwin Gonzalez into the starting lineup after both sat during Opening Day on Monday. Gattis, who led the Astros in home runs (32) and ranked second on the club in slugging (.508) last season, served as the designated hitter and batted seventh. Gonzalez, so versatile in his utility role in 2016, spelled Yulieski Gurriel at first base. Continue to Article
April 05, 2017 3:13:am EST
Astros manager A.J. Hinch began the process of fully utilizing the talent at his disposal on Tuesday, inserting both Evan Gattis and Marwin Gonzalez into the starting lineup after both sat during Opening Day on Monday. Gattis, who led the Astros in home runs (32) and ranked second on the club in slugging (.508) last season, served as the designated hitter and batted seventh. Gonzalez, so versatile in his utility role in 2016, spelled Yulieski Gurriel at first base. Continue to Article
April 05, 2017 3:13:am EST
Brian McCann's focus this offseason was finding a way to hit more balls to the opposite field like he used to earlier in his career. On Tuesday night against the Mariners it paid off when he got his first hit with the Astros on an opposite field home run that helped Houston to a 2-1 win. Marwin Gonzalez added a solo homer to back a solid start by Lance McCullers and give the Astros their second straight victory over Seattle to start the season. Continue to Article
April 05, 2017 12:10:am EST
Dismissing spring training statistics is an annual rite of passage, particularly when those stats are compiled by veterans with extensive track records for performing when the stakes are higher during the regular season. For Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais, that means not putting much stock in the Cactus League struggles of right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma, who posted a 7.13 ERA and a .311 opponents' batting average over 17 2/3 innings and six spring training starts. Iwakuma (16-12, 4.12 ERA in 2016) will make his season debut on Tuesday in the second game of a three-game set with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Continue to Article
April 04, 2017 3:14:am EST
Dismissing spring training statistics is an annual rite of passage, particularly when those stats are compiled by veterans with extensive track records for performing when the stakes are higher during the regular season. For Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais, that means not putting much stock in the Cactus League struggles of right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma, who posted a 7.13 ERA and a .311 opponents' batting average over 17 2/3 innings and six spring training starts. Iwakuma (16-12, 4.12 ERA in 2016) will make his season debut on Tuesday in the second game of a three-game set with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Continue to Article
April 04, 2017 3:14:am EST
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