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St. Louis Downed 5-2 By Seattle - Steven Matz Takes Loss

Seattle moneyline bettors cashed on Friday courtesy of a 5-2 win against the St. Louis Cardinals at T-Mobile Park.

Seattle was favored by -120 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 8.

George Kirby earned the victory for the Mariners, throwing 6 innings of work, striking out 5, walking 0, and allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Jarred Kelenic in the win.

St. Louis got a 0.2-inning outing from Drew VerHagen in the loss. He gave up 1 earned runs, 0 walks and 2 hits in his time on the mound, while Alec Burleson had 1 hits in the loss for the Cardinals.

Seattle enjoyed an edge at the plate with a 6-3 advantage in hits.

Paul Sewald pitched the final 1 innings for the save. He struck out 0 and allowed 0 hits in his outing.