Oakland Athletics (44-28) vs. New York Yankees (37-33)
June 20, 2021 1:05 pm EDT
The Line: New York Yankees -137 / Oakland Athletics +127; Over/Under: 9.5
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The Oakland A’s and the New York Yankees meet in MLB action from Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Oakland A’s will try to rebound from a 7-5 loss at the hands of the Yankees last time out. Matt Olson led the A’s, going 3 for 5 with two RBIs while Tony Kemp and Matt Chapman each had a solo home run. Ramon Laureano added an RBI as well to cap off the scoring for Oakland in the losing effort while Elvis Andrus went 2 for 4 and Mark Canha and Seth Brown each had a base hit to finish off the offense for the A’s in the loss. Chris Bassitt gave up two runs on six hits while striking out seven over six innings of work, not factoring in the decision. Jesus Luzardo ended up with the loss to fall to 2-4 on the year as a result. Sean Manaea will start here and is 6-2 with a 2.99 ERA and 78 strikeouts this season. in his career, Manaea is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA against the Yankees.
The New York Yankees will try to build on Saturday’s triumph over Oakland with another strong showing here. DJ LeMahieu and Gio Urshela each had two RBIs with Urshela going 2 for 4 with a solo home run as well. Gary Sanchez had a solo home run while Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton each had two hits with an RBI to finish off the Yankees’ scoring as a team in the win. Clint Frazier also chipped in a pair of doubles and Gleyber Torres pitched in a base hit as well to round out New York’s offense in the victory. Domingo German allowed four runs on seven hits while striking out six over four innings of work, not factoring in the decision. Chad Green got the win to improve to 2-4 on the year while Aroldis Chapman got the save, his 15th of the season. Jordan Montgomery will start here and is 3-1 with a 4.20 ERA and 69 strikeouts this season. This will be Montgomery’s second career start against Oakland.
Oakland is 5-2 in their last 7 road games and 40-15 in their last 55 games against a left-handed starter while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall. New York is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall and 87-39 in their last 126 games as a home favorite while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 games as a favorite. The under is 6-2-1 in the last 9 meetings between these two teams.
I get the case that could be made for the over after both teams broke out the bats on Saturday, but realistically, I think we have another pitcher’s duel brewing here. Manaea’s pitched very well for the A’s this season while Jordan Montgomery is a competent arm for the Yankees despite how much I’ve bashed him this season. I think the offenses regress on Sunday after such an exciting matchup, so give me the under here.
