The Mariners are coming into this game with a 45-36 record this season. They have lost their last 2 straight, losing to the Rays late on Monday, and they have also lost 5 of their last 6 games and have not been playing that well recently. They are going up against a Rays team that is 39-40 this season, but they have been heating up in their recent games. They are coming off of a win against the Mariners and they have won 5 of their last 6 games and they have not been allowing a lot of runs in these games either. Zack Littell is starting for the Rays in this game and he is 2-5 with a 4.20 ERA this season. He had an awful start over a week ago, but he bounced back in his last start, only allowing 2 earned runs in 5 innings as his team went on to beat the Twins 7-6. He has also been much better at home this season as he has not allowed more than 3 earned runs in each of his last 5 starts there. Luis Castillo is starting for the Mariners here and he is 6-8 with a 3.63 ERA this season. He has been consistently giving up runs over the last few weeks, and recently he has been unraveling. He is coming off of a start which he allowed 5 earned runs in and he has allowed 5 earned runs in 2 of his last 3 starts. He has also allowed at least 2 earned runs in each of his last 3 as well as 8 of his last 9 starts. He has struggled more in his road starts as well and he has allowed 5 earned runs in each of his last 2 road starts. Castillo has been struggling more in recent starts and has struggled more on the road this year, the Rays will find ways to score runs on him at home as they have been heating up recently. The Rays have also been pitching much better in recent games while the Mariners have been very inconsistent from game to game. The Rays will win this game at home.