MLB Daily Picks – FREE pick for September 7th is Tampa Bay

MLB Daily Picks FREE pick of the day is Tampa Bay:

Fixture: Tampa Bay @ Seattle
Time/Date: 9:10 PM ET, September 7, 2013
Pick: Tampa Bay
Odds: -142 (1.70 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle

This will be the second game of 3 game series played in Seattle. Seattle won 6-4 last night. Season series is tied to 2-2.

Tampa Bay is second in American League East with 77-63 record. They are currently holding second wild card spot, 2 games ahead of Baltimore and Cleveland. Seattle is 4th in American League West with 64-77 record. They are 32-38 at home.

Seattle is 1-4 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning record, 1-4 in their last 5 games as a home underdog of +110 to +150 and 1-6 in their last 7 home games.

Tampa Bay is sending out Chris Archer, who is 8-6, 3.14 ERA in 18 starts this year. After 3 excellent start in which he went each time 7 innings and allowing just 2 earned runs during those 21 innings, Archer recorded a loss in his last start. In Los Angeles, against the Angels he lasted just 3.2 innings allowing 5 earned runs. Tampa Bay is 4-1 in Archer's last 5 starts during game 2 of a series, 7-2 in Archer's last 9 starts with 4 days of rest, 10-4 in Archer's last 14 starts and 7-3 in Archer's last 10 starts vs. a team with a losing record.

Rookie James Paxton will be starting for Seattle tonight. This will be his Major League debut after going 8-11, 4.45 ERA for Triple-A Tacoma.

Tampa Bay's second baseman Ben Zobrist is 8-for-18 during his 5 game hitting streak.

Tampa Bay is 4-1 in their last 5 during game 2 of a series, 10-4 in their last 14 road games vs. a team with a losing record, 7-3 in their last 10 Saturday games and I expect them to win tonight.