The Oakland Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds meet Thursday in MLB action from Great American Ball Park. Here’s a Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics prediction. This will be the final installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Reds vs A’s pick.
Oakland Athletics Betting Preview
The A’s took on the Milwaukee Brewers in their last set. Oakland lost the first pair before a 4-3 win on Sunday. After a 5-4 win in the opener versus the Reds, on Wednesday the A’s powered out a 9-6 victory.
In the starter role for the finale, Oakland will go with JT Ginn. In his two games (zero starts) this year Ginn has a 2.45 ERA without a decision during his rookie campaign.
Cincinnati Reds Betting Preview
Over on the Reds’ side, they played the Pittsburgh Pirates in their weekend set. Cincinnati only won one of those games, a 10-2 affair on Saturday. In Tuesday’s matchup the Reds were out-hit 13-8 and scored all their runs in one inning.
Starter for Thursday will be Cincinnati’s Julian Aguiar. This year Aguiar is 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA in the first two starts of his career. The Reds will play against the Brewers and Astros following this series.
Cincinnati Reds Player Prop Facts
- Jeimer Candelario has hit a home run in three of his last five appearances with the Reds as home favorites.
- Ty France has recorded an RBI in each of the Reds’ last four night games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Elly De La Cruz has scored at least one run in each of the Reds’ last eight home games against AL West opponents.
- Santiago Espinal has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 17 appearances after playing the previous day.
- Santiago Espinal has recorded at least one Single in each of the Reds’ last seven night games.
- Santiago Espinal has recorded a Double in four of his last five appearances against the Athletics after playing the previous day.
- Santiago Espinal has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 17 appearances after playing the previous day.
Oakland Athletics Player Prop Facts
- JJ Bleday has recorded at least one Single in each of the Athletics’ last six road games.
- JJ Bleday has recorded at least one hit in each of the Athletics’ last eight road games against NL opponents.
- Esteury Ruiz has recorded a Double in three of his last four road appearances against NL Central opponents.
- Brent Rooker has hit a home run in three of the Athletics’ last five night games against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Brent Rooker has recorded at least one RBI in nine of his last 11 road appearances after playing the previous day.
- Brent Rooker has scored at least one run in nine of his last 10 road appearances after playing the previous day.
- JJ Bleday has recorded at least one total base in each of the Athletics’ last eight road games against NL opponents.
Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics Prediction
I might try the Reds here. Probably not touching it, though. Aguiar hasn’t been too bad over his first two outings. In that pair he’s got four earned on seven hits and three walks in 10.0 innings of work. As for Ginn, he’s coming off one earned on one hit and two walks in 1.2 frames back on August 24.
On Wednesday the Reds had a brief lead before giving up four runs in the eighth inning. Cincinnati had a couple of rough performances in a pen-heavy evening, so they’ll need a good starting outing in the finale.