Oakland Athletics vs. LA Dodgers Odds, Prediction & Picks

Thursday night features the finale of a three-game interleague series between the Oakland Athletics (30-79) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (61-45).

Read ahead to get a breakdown of the Athletics vs Dodgers odds as well as a prediction for this matchup.

Before making your MLB picks, it is important to look at the Athletics vs Dodgers odds.

Moneyline: The Dodgers are the heavy favorites in this one playing at home. Their moneyline sits at -270. The Athletics are +220 to win.

Spread: On the spread, the Athletics are +1.5 with odds of +112. The Dodgers are -1.5 with odds of -132.

Over/Under: The over/under for total runs sits at 8.5. The over has odds of -120, while the under 8.5 runs sits at +100.

Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Location of the game: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA.

Date & Time: Thursday, August 3. 10:10 pm ET.

Location of the game: MLB.TV

Looking at the MLB schedule, the Oakland Athletics have gone just 3-7 in their last 10 MLB games. In the first two games of this series, they have been outscored 17-4.

As for the Los Angeles Dodgers schedule, they have also gone 5-5 in their last 10 MLB games. When playing at Dodger Stadium, they are 33-20 this year.

Looking at the MLB standings, the Athletics are not just the worst team in the American League; they are the worst team in all of baseball. They currently sit dead last in the AL West, 32.5 games behind the Texas Rangers.

The Dodgers, on the other hand, have the best record in the NL West at 61-45. That puts them 2.5 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants for first place in the division.

Offensively, the Dodgers have the third-best scoring offense out of all MLB teams, averaging 5.57 runs per game. The Athletics, on the other hand, do not. They rank dead last, averaging just 3.61 runs per game (3.93 on the road).

Looking at the MLB injury report, the Athletics did not have Aledmys Diaz or Tyler Soderstrom (rest) in the lineup Wednesday, but both should be back on Thursday.

For the Dodgers, J.D. Martinez has been nursing a hamstring injury. Other major injuries for Los Angeles include Clayton Kershaw (shoulder), Dustin May (elbow), and Gavin Lux (ACL).

It is always imperative to take a look at the day’s starting pitchers before making your MLB picks.

Trying to salvage the finale in this Oakland Athletics game will be 27-year-old lefty JP Sears. Looking at his MLB player stats, he is 2-7 in 21 games with a 4.09 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and he has 106 strikeouts in 116.2 innings of work.

Sears picked up the win in his last start, going five innings of one-run ball against the Colorado Rockies. In his last three starts combined, he has given up nine earned runs over 17 innings.

The Athletics aren’t the only team with a southpaw on the bump as Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts will turn to 26-year-old lefty Julio Urias in the finale.

In 15 games this season, Urias is 7-6 with a 4.98 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, and he has 77 strikeouts over 81.1 innings of work. 

Urias has been a bit shaky as of late. In his last two starts, he has gone 11 innings, allowing 11 earned runs on 16 hits. He will like to right the ship on Thursday.

After analyzing the Athletics vs Dodgers odds, the Dodgers are our pick for this one. 

At 30-79 overall, it has been a really rough season for Oakland this year. On the road hasn’t helped, either, as they are 15-40 away from home.

Expect those woes to continue Thursday. While Julio Urias has not been particularly sharp as of late, he still has the stuff to limit the damage against the worst-scoring offense in baseball.

Throw on top the fact that the Dodgers’ offense is elite, and this one could get ugly pretty quickly.

• Take the Dodgers to both win and to cover the -1.5 spread (-132).

While the Dodgers are capable of putting up a crooked number, the Athletics are not. For that reason, take the under 8.5 runs (+100) in this one.

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