Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics 6/12/2023 Picks Predictions

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12 June 2023

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The Tampa Bay Rays (47-20) and Oakland Athletics (16-50) will play the first game of a four-game road series on Monday. Following their 8-4 defeat to the Texas Rangers on Saturday, Tampa Bay’s record fell to 47-20.

The loss ended Tampa Bay’s seven-game winning run, but the Rays still led the American League East with a 52-game advantage over the Baltimore Orioles in second place.

First baseman Yandy Diaz is leading Tampa Bay in batting average (.309).

It has a team-high 12 home runs, while left fielder Randy Arozarena is leading the league in on-base percentage (.407) and third baseman Isaac Paredes is leading in RBIs (44).

With 73 hits, shortstop Wander Franco leads the team in hits. Tampa Bay will start Zach Eflin on the mound on Monday. The right-hander has an ERA of 2.97, 66 Ks, and an 8-1 record.

Tampa Bay is slugging.474 and has walked 227 times while striking out 565 times. Their overall batting average is.262, totaling 367 RBIs and 591 base hits this season.

The Rays have together collected 121 two-baggers and 111 home runs. They currently have 384 runs and a.338 OBP. The Tampa Bay Rays are second in the league in team scoring with 5.7 runs scored per game.

The pitching staff’s combined WHIP is 1.21, with a K/BB ratio of 2.63.

The Rays’ pitchers have given up 248 runs overall and 67 long balls, ranking fourth in MLB. 500 hits, or 7.6 per nine innings, and 236 earned runs, have been surrendered by Tampa Bay.

The Rays have a staff that has struck out 569 hitters and a team earned run average of 3.58 this season, which ranks third in MLB.

Their pitching staff has struck out 216 opposing batters, and as a unit, they have a 4.06 FIP so far this season.

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The Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Saturday, raising their record to 16-50. The winning run was scored in the 10th inning on an RBI single by Aledmys Diaz.

The Athletics are now last in the American League West, 26 112 games behind first-place Texas, after winning the opening two games of a three-game interleague series with the Brewers and four consecutive overall.

Esteury Ruiz, a centerfielder for Oakland, is hitting.264 and has a team-high 67 hits, while Ryan Noda, a first baseman, has the highest on-base percentage (.401).

Brent Rooker, a left fielder, leads the team in home runs (12) and RBIs (36). The Oakland Athletics will start James Kaprielian on the mound on Monday. The right-hander has 39 Ks, a 7.21 ERA, and a record of 1-6.

Oakland has totaled 62 HRs and 229 RBIs so far this season. They have scored 237 runs, walked 224 times, and produced 91 doubles.

The Oakland Athletics have a team batting average of.224 and an on-base percentage of.306. The Athletics are scoring 3.59 runs per game, which ranks 29th in the league, and have a team SLG% of.357.

They have 491 base hits and 607 strikeouts, which ranks fifth in the league.

The Athletics’ pitching staff currently has a FIP of 5.67 and a team WHIP of 1.599 for the year. With 620 total hits allowed, their pitching staff is ranked 30th in the league.

The Oakland pitching staff enters with a collective ERA of 6.40 (411 earned runs allowed) after allowing 433 runs this season.

Their ratio of strikeouts to walks is 7.70 (496 strikeouts to 304 walks). They have allowed 103 home runs and 6.74 runs per nine innings, which ranks them 30th in the league.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Oakland Athletics. The MLB Pick for this contest is Tampa Bay Rays. Although Tampa Bay will win on the road on Monday, the play is on the UNDER.

With a right-handed starting pitcher, the UNDER has won in nine of Tampa Bay’s past 12 games and 13 of Oakland’s last 21.

On Tuesday, Tampa Bay’s starting pitcher Zach Eflin threw six and a third innings of scoreless baseball, while Oakland’s James Kaprielian went six innings with only one earned run.

The Tampa Bay Rays will win, but the best bet is on the UNDER 5-1.

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