New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners MLB Betting Preview | August 3

Two of MLB’s best hitters square off when the New York Yankees (70-35) and the Seattle Mariners (56-49) play at 1:05 PM ET on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Andrew Benintendi has a .308 batting average (10th in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-183), and Ty France ranks 10th in MLB action hitting .308 this season for the underdog Mariners (+156). Gerrit Cole gets the starting nod for New York, and Luis Castillo is Seattle’s pick to start.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Yankees vs. Mariners

• Game Day: Wednesday, August 3, 2022
• Game Time: 1:05 PM ET
• Location: The Bronx, New York
• Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Yankees Stats & Trends

Yankees Batting

• The New York Yankees average 1.8 home runs per game and have hit a league-high 184 home runs in total.
• The Yankees have the 12th-ranked batting average in the league (.246).
• The Yankees are second in the league with a .332 on-base percentage.
• The Yankees strike out 8.4 times per game, the No. 17 average in baseball.
• The Yankees have hit 101 homers at home this season (1.8 per game).
• The Yankees are slugging .452 with 3.2 extra-base hits per game at home.
• At home this season the team averages 7.7 hits per game and is batting .238.

Yankees Key Batters

• Aaron Judge leads New York in slugging percentage (.676) and total hits (115) this season.
• Among qualified hitters in baseball, Judge’s batting average ranks 21st, his on-base percentage ranks ninth, and he is first in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo has 16 doubles, a triple, 27 home runs and 48 walks while hitting .230.
• Rizzo is 124th in batting average, 43rd in on-base percentage and 15th in slugging among qualifying hitters.
• Rizzo has picked up at least one hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .353 with four home runs, four walks and eight RBI.
• DJ LeMahieu leads New York in OBP (.394) this season, fueled by 103 hits.
• LeMahieu enters this matchup with four games in a row with at least one hit. In his last five games he is hitting .455 with a double, two home runs, three walks and four RBI.
• Benintendi is batting .308 with a .383 OBP and 41 RBI for New York this season.

Mariners Stats & Trends

Mariners Batting

• The Mariners’ 115 home runs rank 13th in Major League Baseball.
• The Mariners have a team batting average of .233 this season, which ranks 25th among MLB teams.
• The Mariners have an OBP of .316 this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Mariners rank 18th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 whiffs per contest.
• In 55 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 62 homers, an average of 1.1 per contest.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .385 in away games this season with 153 extra-base hits.
• They are averaging eight base hits per game and batting .234 on the road this season.

Mariners Key Batters

• France has put up a .380 on-base percentage and a .477 slugging percentage, both team-best numbers for the Mariners.
• Including all qualifying hitters in the majors, France is 10th in batting average, 14th in on-base percentage and 32nd in slugging percentage.
• France enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .353 with a double, a home run, two walks and two RBI.
• J.P. Crawford is batting .259 with 19 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 36 walks.
• Including all qualifying players, Crawford ranks 66th in batting average, 64th in on-base percentage and 130th in slugging percentage.
• Adam Frazier has 14 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 34 walks while hitting .247.
• Eugenio Suarez has 19 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 53 walks while hitting .234.

Yankees vs. Mariners Probable Pitchers