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Arizona Diamondbacks vs Oakland Athletics MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 4/12/21

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Oakland Athletics MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 4/12/21
2021-04-12 21:40:00 EDT

The Oakland Athletics and Arizona Diamondbacks meet Monday in MLB action at Chase Field.

The Oakland Athletics look for a win after winning three of their last four games. The Athletics have scored 15 runs in their last three games and three or less runs in five of their last eight games. The Athletics are 0-6 this season when scoring three or less runs. Mark Canha leads the Athletics with 11 hits and three RBI while Jed Lowrie and Ramon Laureano have combined for 18 hits and nine RBI. Chris Bassitt gets the ball, and he is 0-2 with a 5.56 ERA and seven strikeouts this season. This will be Bassitt’s second career game against the Diamondbacks.

The Arizona Diamondbacks need a win after splitting their last eight games. The Diamondbacks have scored 20 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last six games. The Diamondbacks have won three of their last five games when scoring four or more runs. Ketel Marte leads the Diamondbacks with 12 hits and five RBI while Tim Locastro and Carson Kelly have combined for 15 hits and three RBI. Madison Bumgarner gets the ball, and he is 0-1 with a 11.00 ERA and 10 strikeouts this season. Bumgarner is 5-2 with a 4.25 ERA and 50 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.

The Athletics are 0-5 in their last 5 during game 1 of a series and 3-8 in their last 11 overall. The Diamondbacks are 6-2 in their last 8 during game 1 of a series and 13-27 in their last 40 overall. The under is 4-1 in Athletics last 5 overall. The over is 5-0 in Diamondbacks last 5 home games. The Athletics are 2-8 in the last 10 meetings in Arizona.

The Oakland Athletics are a much better team than what they’ve shown up to this point, and they’re starting to break out of their funk a little bit. Assuming that continues, the A’s are going to be a team to back often due to oddsmakers never really showing them a lot of respect. The Arizona Diamondbacks have hot bats entering this series, but it’s hard to get behind Bumgarner, somebody who has been a shell of himself the last three years and hasn’t been good at all through two starts. I’m not interested in backing Bumgarner these days. I’ll take the A’s and the cheap price.

Randy Chambers's Free Pick: Oakland Athletics -120

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