A winning streak will be on the line for the Seattle Mariners on Thursday when they battle the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.

The Mariners will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Garrett Olson in this game. Olson has a 3-2 record and a 5.00 ERA this season.

The Indians will counter Olson with ace Cliff Lee. Lefthander Lee has a 3.47 ERA to go along with a 4-9 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Mariners defeated Texas 5-3 as a -150 favorite on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).

Franklin Gutierrez was 2-4 with two runs scored for Seattle and Ichiro Suzuki was 2-5 with an RBI and a run scored in the win.

The Indians lost to Detroit 10-1 as a +190 underdog on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9).

Jamey Carroll drove in the Indians’ lone run and Tomo Ohka was roughed up for five runs on five hits in 3 2-3 innings.

Current streak:
Seattle has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
Seattle: 46-42 SU
Cleveland: 35-54 SU

Seattle most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Cleveland are 6-4
After playing Texas are 4-6
After a win are 5-5

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Seattle are 4-6
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games 
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Seattle’s last 25 games on the road
Seattle is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Seattle is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland’s last 8 games at home
Cleveland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle
Cleveland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Seattle
Cleveland is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home

Next up:
Cleveland home to Seattle, Friday, July 17