Play: Seattle Mariners
Rating: 8/10*

The Seattle Mariners are 6-3 through their last nine games as their quest for a Wild Card spot continues. The Oakland Athletics meanwhile are dead last in the AL West, and I think they'll come up short here against their division rivals.

Ariel Miranda (7-5, 4.41 ERA) will take the ball for Seattle. He went through July without a single win and allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings at Texas his last time out. Miranda has a lot of talent though, and we can note that Oakland is among the worst hitting teams in baseball against left-handed pitchers.

Kendall Graveman (2-3, 4.96 ERA) will toe the slab for the A's. He was lit up for seven runs on eight hits in just two innings of an 11-2 loss at San Francisco his last time out. I think he's in for another tough outing against a very motivated Mariners side.

Note that former Oakland hitter Yonder Alonso is likely to make his Mariners debut following a trade with the A's on Sunday. "I get to play some meaningful baseball, which will be probably the first time in my career I'll be able to do that. I'm ecstatic." Doesn't sound like he'll show his former team any mercy.

My selection is an 8* play on the Seattle Mariners ML.