Athletics Visit Orioles Looking for W

Athletics Look to Sweep Orioles

The Oakland Athletics (89-57, +29.38 units) will almost certainly make the playoffs this year. But they’re still trying to chase down the AL West title. If that fails, the No. 1 AL Wild Card berth. That should give Oakland plenty of motivation heading into Thursday’s matchup with the last-place Baltimore Orioles (41-104, -51.57 units). TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network, NBCS California (Oakland), MASN (Baltimore) PITCHING MATCHUP: Athletics LH Brett Anderson (3-4, 4.02 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Dylan Bundy (7-14, 5.58) The red-hot Oakland Athletics only needed to score in one inning en route to a sixth straight victory. They now can complete a three-game sweep against the major league-worst Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore on Thursday. The Athletics sent 15 batters to the plate while scoring 10 times in the third inning of Wednesday’s 10-0 victory. They remain three games behind first-place Houston in the American League West. They climbed within one of the New York Yankees for the first wild-card spot.

Oakland Battling Injury Issues

Anderson is expected to make his 14th start of the season. He spent a little over two weeks on the DL with nerve irritation in his left arm. He produced three scoreless efforts of at least seven innings over a stretch of four starts. Then he allowed five runs over 2 2/3 frames in his last turn on Aug. 27 at Houston. Anderson is 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA in two career starts against the Orioles. Current Oakland batters have a combined .766 lifetime OPS off A’s starter  Dylan Bundy. They are 9-for-38 with three doubles and a pair of home runs. LF Khris Davis is 3-for-7 with a double and a dinger. The Athletics are 20-8 against AL East opponents and meet another over the weekend in red-hot Tampa Bay.

Orioles are Just Plodding Through the Season

Bundy has gone 0-5 with a 9.09 ERA in seven starts since the beginning of August. He gave up six runs over four innings in a loss at Tampa Bay on Friday. The fourth overall pick in 2011 has not recorded a win since July 29. He has served up a major league-high 37 homers in 27 starts this year. Khris Davis is 3-for-7 with a homer and a double against Bundy, who is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in three career appearances (two starts) versus the Athletics. Adam Jones is 2-for-6 with a double versus Anderson. D.J. Stewart became the 55th player used by the team this year, eclipsing the club record set in 1955. PREDICTION: Athletics 5, Orioles 4

D Bundy (7-14) ERA: 5.58

Bullpen

Oakland’s relievers have pitched 17.1 innings in the last 3 games.
Baltimore’s relievers have pitched 20.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Oakland Athletics – Br Anderson

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.88	5	5.57	30
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	5.52	1	5.30	29
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.83	26	4.11	10
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.34	18	4.44	16

Head To Head Detail

MLB Betting Odds & Trends

Oakland Athletics
Oak is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games
Oakis 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Oakland is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Oakland’s last 15 games on the road
Oak is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Baltimore
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore
Oak is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Baltimore

Baltimore Orioles
Balt is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Baltimore is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore’s last 5 games
Bal is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Baltimore is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games at home
Balt is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games at home
Baltimore is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Oakland
Balt is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland
Baltimore is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Oakland

Oakland Athletics

Baltimore Orioles

Oakland Athletics

Baltimore Orioles

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