Seattle at Houston

Seattle is a live dog here, winning five of the last nine games. The team is 3.5 games behind the Minnesota Twins for the AL's second Wild Card spot. Seattle's offense has scored 51 runs the last nine contests. The Mariners have a good arm going in rookie Andrew Moore, who has recorded two straight quality outings since being brought back up from the minors. He has allowed four hits, three runs the last 12 innings, with 10 strikeouts. One of those starts was at Texas, a tough park to pitch in, and the other was against this Houston squad. Houston's 34-year old starter Justin Verlander is hot, but baseball dogs of +175 to +250 that have an on-base percentage of .375 or better over the last five games against a starter with an ERA of 2.00 or less over three starts are a sizzling 85-17. And Verlander is 3-10 against a team with a losing record this season. Play Seattle.