The Miami Marlins and the Oakland A’s meet Sunday in MLB action from the Oakland Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Oakland Athletics vs Miami Marlins.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Miami Marlins will send out Sixto Sanchez for the start here and Sanchez is 0-1 with an 8.36 ERA and 9 strikeouts this season. This will be Sanchez’s first career start against the A’s. Joe Boyle will get the start for Oakland here and is 2-4 with a 6.08 ERA and 28 strikeouts this season. This will be Boyle’s first career start against Miami.
Miami Marlins Recap
The Miami Marlins will try to salvage something from this series as they were unable to follow up their sweep of the Rockies to start the week. The Fish lost the series after their 3-1 loss on Friday and were crushed in a 20-4 loss to the A’s on Saturday.
Marlins Slumping Offensively
Bryan De La Cruz has 37 hits with 8 doubles as well as a team-high 6 home runs and 18 RBIs, while also owning the dubious distinction of leading Miami with 38 strikeouts this season. Jazz Chisholm Jr. also leads the Fish with 18 RBIs and 5 stolen bases as well so far this season.
Why the Miami Marlins will win
- Probable Starting Pitcher: Sixto Sanchez Record this season: 0-1 ERA: 8.36
- The Athletics have lost 10 of their last 15 games as favorites after playing the previous day.
- The Marlins have won four of their last five games against the Athletics following a loss.
- The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in eight of their last nine day games against NL East opponents following a win.
- The Marlins have covered the run line in six of their last seven games against the Athletics following a loss.
- The Athletics have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last three Sunday games as favorites.
- The Athletics have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last six Sunday games against opponents that held a losing record.
Oakland A’s Recap
The Oakland A’s will look to continue their torrid run, pushing for a second straight series sweep after knocking off the Pittsburgh Pirates to start the week. The A’s cranked out a 10-run 3rd inning and left Miami in the dust as the A’s kept the ball rolling with another victory. The Athletics will face the Rangers following this series.
A’s Catching Fire At The Plate
Brent Rooker leads the A’s with 8 home runs and 20 RBIs this season while Abraham Toro and JJ Bleday each have a team-high 28 hits and 13 RBIs with Bleday posting a team-high 8 doubles while Toro has a .280 batting average. Zack Gelof has the unfortunate title of leading strikeout bat with 33 K’s at the dish this season but also has a team-high 4 stolen bases. Shea Langeliers has also chipped in 7 home runs and 16 RBIs.
Why the Oakland Athletics will win
- Probable Starting Pitcher: Joseph Boyle Record this season: 2-4 ERA: 6.07
- The Marlins have lost each of their last eight games against AL West opponents following a loss.
- The Athletics have won each of their last six games.
- The Athletics have covered the run line in each of their last seven games at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
- The Marlins have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six games against AL West opponents.
- The Athletics have led after 3 innings in each of their last three day games against National League opponents.
- The Athletics have led after 5 innings in each of their last seven games against National League opponents.
Oakland Athletics vs Miami Marlins
I’m on the A’s in this one. I think the only concern for Oakland is did they leave any offense in the tank for Sunday’s finale, but I think they have more than enough going for them to be able to do damage off of Sixto Sanchez. Now I’m not the biggest Joe Boyle backer, but I think that while Boyle’s had his ups and downs, he’s more than capable of hurling a gem and the A’s lineup behind him is frankly white hot right now. Give me the A’s for another sweep and what’s even more crazy to say, to get back above .500 35 games into the season.