MLB - 917 Oakland Athletics @ 918 Chicago White Sox
(Starting Pitchers: D. Straily vs J. Quintana)
We have in here a good spot for Oakland, not just physically and mentally, but also on outright offense and pitching as well. The White Sox are coming from a marathon game at Seattle yesterday that only ended on the 16th inning. Of course the White Sox needed to use their bullpen a lot, besides the fact that the trip from Seattle to Chicago is a quite long one. On the other hand, Oakland had a comfortable win at Milwaukee yesterday and so, they only had to make a small trip for today's game.
Matchup wise, Oakland is #3 on the league on hitting against LH pitchers with .784 OPS and they will have a good matchup against the lefty Quintana tonight, while the White Sox are just #28 versus RH pitchers, something that will benefit Straily tonight. These two teams and these pitchers faced each other last week and Straily easily got the upperhand on that outing, with just one run and six hits allowed on six innings, while having a 8/0 K/BB ratio, 0.40 FIP and 2.31 xFIP! On the other hand, Quintana struggled much more with ten hits allowed and a pedestrian 4/3 K/BB ratio, even though he limited the damage with just three runs allowed. With Oakland having a SP edge tonight, an edge on offense and a better spot, I can only expect the Athletics to pick up a comfortable win tonight.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 917 Oakland Athletics (w/ D. Straily) @ -133 / 1.75 on Bovada
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