Although most of the excitement in sports today will be focused on the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, the baseball fans at Safeco Field will have plenty of excitement as they cheer on the Seattle Mariners at 4:10pm EST when they take on the New York Yankees in the final meeting of their four game set. MLB sports odds have the Yankees -260 favorites in betting picks on the road vs the Mariners +230 while online sportsbooks have the over/under total sitting at 8.5 UNDER (-120). New York will send lefthander CC Sabathia to the mound with a 3.19 ERA this year and 11-3 record while Seattle will counter with lefthander Ryan Rowland-Smith who has gone 1-8 with a 5.88 ERA this season.
The Yankees looked to sweep the series on the road vs the Mariners with a 3-1 win on Monday and 6-1 on Tuesday before Seattle fought back on Saturday to take the game 4-1. The Mariners won yesterday's game as +103 underdogs in MLB betting picks while the five runs stayed UNDER the 7 posted at online sportsbooks. Nick Swisher, who was added to the Home Run Derby challenge, supplied the only run for the Yankees with 395-ft homer to right center in the third inning but it was the Mariners Jose Lopez who put it end to it all. Lopez nailed his second career grand slam in the eighth inning 368-ft off Joba Chamberlain to secure the win for Seattle.
Heading into today's game; Seattle has gone 35-52 on the season, 5-5 when playing on Sunday, 5-5 after playing the Yankees and 6-4 after a win. The Mariners are 1-6 in MLB sports odds for their last 7 games at home and 1-5 in their last 6 games overall. New York has gone 55-32 on the season; 5-5 when playing on Sunday, 3-7 after playing Seattle and 7-3 after a loss. The Yankees are 6-1 in their last 7 games on the road and 7-1 in their last 8 games overall.