Sunday, April 13th, 2014 4:10 PM on CSCA, ROOT

Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington

Oakland - Kazmir, S (2-0) vs. Seattle - Young, C (0-0)

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Saturday afternoon in Seattle Safeco Field will host an American League West division battle when the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. The A's, led by their starter Scott Kazmir, will take on the Seattle Mariners and their starter Chris Young. Kazmir is off to a hot start this season, while Young will be making just his second appearance and first start of the year.

At the age of 30, Kazmir has been around Major League Baseball for close to a decade. He holds a 78-70 career record with a 4.13 ERA and is in his first season with the Athletics. He is already 2-0 this season with a 2.03 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 10 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings. In his career against the current Seattle Mariners, Kazmir has had great success, holding them to a .152 average. Robinson Cano is hitting .206 in 34 at-bats, Willie Bloomquist is batting .118 in 17 at-bats and Justin Smoak is batting .100 in 10 at-bats. Cano does have 3 home runs and 12 strikeouts against him.

Young, the former pitcher for Princeton is one of the smart players in the sport and holds a 53-43 career record. Young was 4-9 with a 4.15 ERA in 20 starts a year ago with the New York Mets and will hope to get back the success from early in his career. The current Oakland players have only faced Young 17 times and have 4 hits, including 3 from Nick Punto.

Oakland Betting Trends

Oakland is 5-5-0 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Oakland is +1.4

Seattle Betting Trends

Seattle is 6-3-0 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Seattle is +2.0

Injuries to Watch

Oakland

04/04/14 SS Jake Elmore Quad 15-day DL (3/28)
03/30/14 P A.J. Griffin Elbow 15-day DL (3/21)
03/30/14 P Fernando Rodriguez Elbow 15-day DL (3/21)
03/28/14 P Eric O'Flaherty Elbow 60-day DL (2/17)
03/28/14 P Jarrod Parker Elbow 60-day DL (3/20), out for season

Seattle

04/09/14 P James Paxton Back 15-day DL (4/8)
03/30/14 P Hisashi Iwakuma Finger 15-day DL (3/21)
03/30/14 P Stephen Pryor Shoulder 15-day DL (3/21)
03/30/14 P Taijuan Walker Shoulder 15-day DL (3/21)
03/28/14 CF Franklin Gutierrez Hamstring out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Oakland

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