This is a 10* TOTAL BK on the OVER Cubs/Mariners.

I had a play on the Mariners last night and that was an easy cash in Seattle's eventual 4-2 victory.

Seattle has now won two straight and it's seen the total go UNDER in four straight.

Chicago has been trading high-scoring games with lower-scoring ones over its last five contests and I expect this pattern to continue here tonight in the PNW.

The Cubs go with Shota Imanaga (1-0, 0.00 ERA), who went four scoreless in a no-decision vs. the Padres in his last outing. After ten scoreless and 12 K's to open the season, regression is imminent in my opinion.

And the Mariners counter with Emerson Hancock, who is 1-1 with an 11.42 ERA. Clearly Hancock can only go one way with his performance as well, but I don't see him just "flipping a switch" and correcting all of his issues right away.

Either way, I'm expecting these starters to get chased early and because of that we can also look for this total to eclipse the posted number as the game comes down the stretch.

This number is low, the play is the OVER.

Good luck, NP