Athletics vs Brewers Prediction
The Oakland Athletics will play the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of their series on Saturday afternoon at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Athletics Preview
The Oakland Athletics are 15-50 this season and they have won three games in a row. Oakland won the first game in this series by a score of 5-2 on Friday night. The Oakland pitching staff has a 6.50 ERA, a 1.61 WHIP, and a .276 opponent batting average this season. The Athletics offense has scored 235 runs with a .224 batting average and a .306 on base percentage. Brent Rooker is batting .263 with 12 home runs and 36 RBI’s for the Athletics. The projected starting pitcher for Oakland is Paul Blackburn, who is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA and a 1.67 WHIP over 9.0 innings pitched this year.
Brewers Preview
The Milwaukee Brewers are 34-30 this season and they have won five of their last eight games. Prior to losing the first game in this series, Milwaukee won two out of three games against the Orioles. The Milwaukee pitching staff has a 4.05 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average. The Brewers offense has scored 260 runs with a .230 batting average and a .306 on base percentage this year. Rowdy Tellez is batting .227 with 12 home runs and 28 RBI’s for the Brewers. The projected starting pitcher for Milwaukee is Julio Teheran, who is 1-2 with a 1.56 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP over 17.1 innings pitched this season.
Trends
Oakland is 10-25 in their last 35 Saturday games and 3-6 in their last 9 interleague road games. The over is 4-1-1 in Oakland’s last 6 road games. Milwaukee is 4-1 in their last 5 game two’s of a series and 8-3 in their last 11 games against the AL West. The under is 7-2-2 in Milwaukee’s last 11 games. The under is 11-1 in these two teams last 12 head to head meetings.
Pick
Oakland comes into this game with the worst record in baseball, but they have hit the ball very well over their last few games. The A’s are starting Paul Blackburn, who has allowed six earned runs over 9.0 innings of work this year. Milwaukee is starting Julio Teheran, who has allowed three earned runs over 17.1 innings pitched. I like the under here.
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