MLB Free Premium Play 08/27: Oakland Athletics @ Cleveland Indians

Oakland  at Cleveland

MLB - 915 Oakland Athletics @ 916 Cleveland Indians (Starting Pitchers: B. Anderson vs R. Hernandez) This is a good spot for Oakland, as they had a day off to rest yesterday and they are coming from a great series win in Tampa Bay. They will start Anderson today and he was amazing on his first start since returning from Tommy John surgery. He allowed just one run and four hits in seven innings against Minnesota and he looked sharp with 62 strikes in 86 strikes. He will now face an Indians lineup full of LH batters and they are clearly a team who struggles against LH pitchers by being just 27th in the league with a .658 OPS against LH pitchers. Due to his good return and the struggles that the Indians have against left handed pitchers, I believe Anderson will have another solid outing tonight. On the other hand, Cleveland will start Hernandez tonight and he is struggling right now, as shown on the four runs allowed in six innings against Seattle on his last outing. He had terrible numbers on his two starts this season with 6.00 ERA, 5.60 FIP and 4.90 xFIP + 7.50 ERA, 7.93 FIP and 4.82 xFIP, so he is definitely in poor form and against an Athletics' roster that is hitting .282 BA and .728 OPS against him in 110 AB's, I believe Oakland will have a field day against the struggling Hernandez, formerly known as Fausto Carmona. With Oakland having an edge in terms of spot, pitching (both SP and bullpen) and hitting, I expect the Athletics to keep showing their good moment tonight and have a comfortable win in here. Therefore, I'll be taking Oakland tonight. Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 915 Oakland Athletics ML (w/ B. Anderson) @ -134 / 1.75 on Betonline