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ASA PLAY 9* ON OVER:  Seattle Mariners at Pittsburgh Pirates, Wednesday at 7:05 PM ET

The Pirates are off a rare home shutout loss and will bounce back at the plate here.  However, the Mariners lineup is going to have another solid night at the plate and that is why the play in this one is the over.  Both starting pitchers have a strong likelihood of struggling here and these are two of the worst bullpens in baseball on the season.  Seattle's bullpen has a 5.00 ERA on the season and Pittsburgh's bullpen has a 4.97 ERA on the season.  Mariners starter Justin Dunn is just 23 years old and his MLB debut did not go well as he didn't even make it out of the first inning.  He could not find the plate and walked 5 batters in 2 / 3 of an inning.  Of course he'll pitch better in his 2nd start but as shown in his first start, getting into a little trouble can quickly spiral out of control for the young right-hander.  Dunn is making the jump from AA ball all the way to the bigs to gain some experience here but skipping right past the AAA level he's going to have some struggles facing major league hitters!  Speaking of struggles against MLB hitters, rookie right-hander Dario Agrazal is on the mound for Pittsburgh in this one.  The 24-year old right-hander has a 7.08 ERA in his eight appearances since late July.  Agrazal is facing a Mariners team that is 5-2 last 7 games and scoring an average of 6 runs per game.  One final note here is that Dunn and Tommy Milone are expected to share the pitching duties for Seattle in this one.  No matter who starts in this game we like the over.  Pittsburgh had averaged 6 runs per game in their 17 games preceding yesterday's rare home shutout.  Note that Milone is 3-9 with a 4.93 ERA this season and this is the 4th straight season he has struggled.  Bet the OVER in the Pirates game in early evening action Wednesday