Seattle Mariners (0-0) vs Cleveland Guardians (0-0)
Friday, March 31, 2023 at 10:10 pm
This is a play on the CLEVELAND GUARDIANS for our MLB Underdog Enforcer. The Guardians were shut down by the Seattle pitching on opening day as Luis Castillo and three relievers held them to just four hits and no runs in a 3-0 loss. Cleveland looks to get that back tonight against another solid pitcher in Robbie Ray who won the American League Cy Young in 2021 pitching for Toronto but saw his velocity decrease last season and his ERA went up by nearly a run. All indications are that his velocity is back to where it was two years ago and he is laying a big number against a dangerous offense that looks to break out after the shutout. The Mariners managed only three runs on Thursday against the Guardians bullpen which came on one swing from Ty France who hit a three-run home run to break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the ninth inning. Starter Shane Bieber was solid and Cleveland hopes to get a replication of that from Hunter Gaddis who earned the No. 2 spot in the rotation because of injuries and he will be making just his third start for the Guardians. On Saturday, he tossed 70 pitches in a minor league start so he has been stretched out and can go a while here as long as he remains effective against an offense that did not show much yesterday either. 10* (909) Cleveland Guardians