O.C. Dooley

"1 UNIT" UPSET SHOCKER (Mariners +150 at Rangers in a 8:05 eastern start----------Olson versus Holland):

Yesterday the Mariners actually made a trade to improve their team as veteran shortstop Jack Wilson was acquired from Pittsburgh. Even though Wilson is not a great hitter, he follows Seattle's new "pitching and defense" philosiphy. One of the reasons why the Mariners have one of baseball's best overall ERA's has to do with improvements made on defense which has made the pitchers look alot better. Seattle upset the great Roy Halladay yesterday as the offense pounded out ELEVEN hits including a pair of doubles by veteran Ken Griffey. Even though the future Hall of Famer has had a rough campaign, he is a career .370 hitter when playing at Texas. Here is a 66-PERCENT SYSTEM (41-21 past five years) that plays ON bad offensive teams like Seattle who average less than 4.6 runs per game and facing a poor opposing starting pitcher with a SIX ERA or worse (Derek Holland fits that bill). This system is completed if the offensively-challenged squad is coming off a well pitched game where they allowed 2-or-less which is exactly what the Mariners did yesterday. Note that Texas leadoff hitter Ian Kinsler (strained hamstring) did NOT play yesterday and is a question mark for this evening. Also consider that Derek Holland has worse than a SEVEN ERA since the All Star Break