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The Oakland Athletics hit the road and travel to Camden Yards where they open a four game set against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday.
Marco Estrada will get to start on top of the hill for the Athletics. The 35-year old former Long Beach State product has started three games this season and has not figured in a decision so far. The Sonora, Mexico native has given up a total of six runs, five of those earned, in a total of nine hits with three home runs given up.
Estrada has also walked four batters and struck out seven in a total of 16.1 innings pitched so far. He has an ERA of 2.76 with a WHIP of 0.80 and BAA of .153 for Oakland this season. The Athletics have lost all three games that Estrada has started so far this season. In his last outing last March 21st against Seattle, he gave up three runs in five innings of pitch work.
Khris Davis leads Oakland in home runs and RBIs with a total of 5 and 10, respectively. The 31 year old left fielder is also batting at .222 this season with ab OBP of .300. Meanwhile, shortstop Marcus Semien leads the A’s this season with a batting average of .400 (13-43) while also contributing 3 RBIs and 1 home run so far this season.
Athletics
-128
Orioles
+118
Odds from betonline.ag as of 4/08/19
For the Orioles, it will be Andrew Cashner who will open on top of the mound against the Athletics on Monday. The 32 year old Conroe, Texas native has started in two games so far this season and has a record of 1-1 with an ERA of 5.40, WHIP of 1.70 and a BAA of .270.
In his last outing last April 2 against the Toronto Blue Jays, Cashner pitched six scoreless inning and gave up just four hits with three walks and three strikeouts. The former TCU product has given up a total of six runs, all earned, on 10 hits including one home run with seven walks while fanning a total of seven batters so far this season.
Trey Mancini has been the main man for the Orioles offense. The 27-year old from Winter Haven, Florida is 12-33 on the season or a batting average of 0.364. The former standout from Notre Dame has a total of 12 hits on the season with a team-best four home runs and nine RBIs. Renato Nunez and Jonathan Villar have 5 and 4 RBIs, respectively for the Baltimore batting lineup.
Who Wins?
Entering Sunday’s games ,the Athletics are 6-4 SU in their last 10 games played. Oakland is 3-2 SU as the betting favorites and 3-3 SU as the underdogs this season. Meanwhile, the Orioles are 4-3 SU in seven games played this season. Baltimore is 0-1 SU at home this season and the Orioles are 4-3 SU as betting underdogs this season.
The A’s are 13-3 SU in their last 16 Monday games and 2-3 SU in five games against a right-handed starter this season. On the other hand, the Orioles are 16-35 SU in their last 51 games against the American League West, 4-15 SU in their last 19 Monday games, 11-42 in their last 53 Game 1s of a series and 8-20 SU in Cashner’s last 28 starts. Head to head, Oakland is 5-1 SU in their last six games against Baltimore.
Both teams are coming off a funk during the weekend. The Orioles were blasted by the Yankees log balls and they have given up plenty of homeruns already this season. If the A’s start hitting early, which I think they would, they definitely are going to win this game. Cashner has looked OK so far but going through his resume, the Orioles haven’t played well off his starts. I’m more confident with Estrada starting for Oakland. I’m picking the Oakland Athletics to beat the Baltimore Orioles on 4/8/19.
Other Bets To Make
Heading to Sunday’s games, the Athletics are 6-5 ATS on the season, including 1-0 ATS on the road. Meanwhile, the Orioles are 4-3 ATS in seven games played so far this season and are 0-1 ATS at their home field.
Athletics
-1.5 (+120)
Orioles
+1.5 (-140)
Odds from betonline.ag as of 4/08/19
The Athletics have won five games by an average winning margin of 3 runs with three of those wins coming by at least two runs. Meanwhile, the Orioles have lost four in a row by an average losing margin of five runs. Baltimore is in a funk right now and Cashner may not be the pitcher to break it. Prediction: Athletics -1.5
The total has gone under is seven out of the last 10 games played by the Athletics, including 1-0 on the road. The Orioles have seen the total go over in four out of their fist seven games of the season including during their lone home game so far. Head to head, the under is 6-4 in the last 10 meetings between these two teams.
Athletics
O 9.5 -110
Orioles
U 9.5 -110
Odds from betonline.ag as of 4/08/19
The total has gone over in five out of the last seven games of the Athletics against the American League East and the over is also 7-1 in Oakland’s last eight Monday games. However, the under is 6-2 in the A’s last eight games versus a starter with a WHIP of more than 1.30. Baltimore’s most recent series against the Yankees produced an average total of 13.33 runs per game. Oakland is averaging 5.1 runs per game this season and cashner has a 5.40 ERA this season as well. I expect these teams to combine for at least 10 runs in this game. Prediction: Over 9.5
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