In this article we will formulate a Philadelphia Phillies vs Oakland Athletics prediction for this MLB game on Saturday, July 13th at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Let’s take a look at the prediction for game two in the series.
Phillies Small Winning Streak Snapped
The Philadelphia Phillies are 61-33 this year and they have won three of their last five games. Philadelphia lost the first game in this series and they allowed six runs in the game. Prior to this series, the Phillies swept the Dodgers in three games, lost two out of three against the Braves, and won two out of three against the Cubs. Philadelphia is 3-3 in their last six games and they still have a comfortable lead in the NL East.
The Philadelphia pitching staff has a 3.24 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .226 opponent batting average. The Phillies offense has scored 463 runs with a .260 batting average and a .331 on base percentage. Bryce Harper is batting .300 with 20 home runs and 58 RBI’s for the Phillies this season. Philadelphia has scored at least four runs in three of their last four games.
Athletics Looking for Two in a Row
The Oakland Athletics are 36-60 this season and they have lost three of their last five games. Oakland won the first game in this series by a score of 6-2 on Friday night. Prior to this series, the Athletics lost two out of three against the Red Sox, lost two out of three against the Orioles, and swept the Angels in three games. Oakland is 3-4 in their last seven games and they are last in the AL West.
The Oakland pitching staff has a 4.41 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and a .258 opponent batting average. The Athletics offense has scored 367 runs with a .224 batting average and a .296 on base percentage. Brent Rooker is batting .281 with 18 home runs and 56 RBI’s for the Athletics this season. Oakland has scored at least five runs in three of their last four games.
Starting Pitchers
The projected starting pitcher for Oakland is Mitch Spence, who is 5-5 with a 4.29 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP over 79.2 innings pitched this year. Spence has allowed at least four earned runs in three of his last five outings. The projected starting pitcher for Philadelphia is Tyler Phillips, who is 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA and a 0.75 WHIP over 4.0 innings pitched this season. Phillips allowed one earned run and three hits over four innings against the Braves in his first appearance.
Why the Phillies will beat the Athletics
- The Athletics have lost each of their last six road games following a win.
- The Phillies have won 11 of their last 12 games at Citizens Bank Park following a loss.
- The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in 10 of their last 11 day games against NL East opponents following a win.
- The Phillies have covered the run line in 13 of their last 16 games as favorites following a loss.
- The Athletics have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last four day games against National League opponents that held a winning record.
Why the Athletics will beat the Phillies
- The road team has won each of the last five games between the Athletics and Phillies.
- The Phillies have lost four of their last six games as favorites against AL West opponents following a loss.
- The Athletics have covered the run line in nine of their last 10 day games against National League opponents that held a winning record.
- The Phillies have failed to cover the run line in four of their last five home games against teams that held a losing record.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Phillies’ last six games as favorites against the Athletics have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Each of the Athletics’ last six road games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Athletics’ last three games against National League opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Phillies’ last three day games against American League opponents.
Philadelphia Phillies Player Prop Facts
- Trea Turner has hit at least one home run in three of his last four home appearances against AL West opponents.
- Bryce Harper has recorded a Double in three of his last four home appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Nick Castellanos has recorded at least one RBI in four of the Phillies’ last five day games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Nick Castellanos has recorded at least one Single in each of his last nine Saturday day appearances with the Phillies as favorites.
- Kyle Schwarber has recorded a hit in each of his last seven appearances.
- J.T. Realmuto has scored at least one run in each of his last four appearances against AL West opponents.
- J.T. Realmuto has recorded at least one total base in each of his last seven appearances against AL opponents.
Oakland Athletics Player Prop Facts
- Brent Rooker has hit at least one home run in four of his last nine appearances against NL East opponents.
- Shea Langeliers has recorded at least one Single in eight of his last nine road appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Shea Langeliers has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last six appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Shea Langeliers has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 12 road appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Esteury Ruiz has recorded at least one total base in each of his last eight appearances against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Ryan Noda has scored at least one run in five of his last six road appearances against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Esteury Ruiz has recorded a Double in four of his last five appearances against NL East opponents that held a winning record.
Philadelphia Phillies vs Oakland Athletics Prediction
Philadelphia continues to be one of the best teams in the MLB this season, as we just saw them sweep the Dodgers earlier this week. The Phillies are great at home and they are pulling away in the NL East standings. Oakland started the season playing well for the first month, but it has been downhill since and they have been bad on the road. The Athletics are starting Spence, who I can’t see having much success against this Phillies lineup. Philadelphia is going with Phillips, who has only thrown four innings in the majors this season and is kind of an unknown. I think we are going to see plenty of offense in this game, mainly from the Phillies, and my Philadelphia Phillies vs Oakland Athletics prediction is for this game to go over the total.