Athletics Visit Orioles Looking for W

Athletics Look to Sweep Orioles

The Oakland Athletics (89-57, +29.38 units) will almost certainly make the playoffs this year. But they’re still trying to chase down the AL West title. If that fails, the No. 1 AL Wild Card berth.

That should give Oakland plenty of motivation heading into Thursday’s matchup with the last-place Baltimore Orioles (41-104, -51.57 units).

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network, NBCS California (Oakland), MASN (Baltimore)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Athletics LH Brett Anderson (3-4, 4.02 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Dylan Bundy (7-14, 5.58)

The red-hot Oakland Athletics only needed to score in one inning en route to a sixth straight victory. They now can complete a three-game sweep against the major league-worst Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore on Thursday.

The Athletics sent 15 batters to the plate while scoring 10 times in the third inning of Wednesday's 10-0 victory. They remain three games behind first-place Houston in the American League West. They climbed within one of the New York Yankees for the first wild-card spot.

Oakland Battling Injury Issues

Anderson is expected to make his 14th start of the season. He spent a little over two weeks on the DL with nerve irritation in his left arm. He produced three scoreless efforts of at least seven innings over a stretch of four starts.

Then he allowed five runs over 2 2/3 frames in his last turn on Aug. 27 at Houston. Anderson is 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA in two career starts against the Orioles.

Current Oakland batters have a combined .766 lifetime OPS off A's starter  Dylan Bundy. They are 9-for-38 with three doubles and a pair of home runs. LF Khris Davis is 3-for-7 with a double and a dinger.

The Athletics are 20-8 against AL East opponents and meet another over the weekend in red-hot Tampa Bay.

Orioles are Just Plodding Through the Season

Bundy has gone 0-5 with a 9.09 ERA in seven starts since the beginning of August. He gave up six runs over four innings in a loss at Tampa Bay on Friday. The fourth overall pick in 2011 has not recorded a win since July 29. He has served up a major league-high 37 homers in 27 starts this year.

Khris Davis is 3-for-7 with a homer and a double against Bundy, who is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in three career appearances (two starts) versus the Athletics.

Adam Jones is 2-for-6 with a double versus Anderson.

D.J. Stewart became the 55th player used by the team this year, eclipsing the club record set in 1955.

PREDICTION: Athletics 5, Orioles 4

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Oakland	89-57	$2,938.00	30-24	59-33	56-24	33-33	69-68-9	0.77
Baltimore	41-104	-$5,157.00	18-29	23-75	15-19	26-85	65-74-6	-1.74

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Br Anderson (3-4) ERA: 4.02

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Aug 27, 2018	HOU	L	4-11	O	2.2	-$100.00
Ag 21, 2018	TEX	W	6-0	U	7	$43.00
Aug 15, 2018	SEA	L	0-2	U	7.2	-$100.00

D Bundy (7-14) ERA: 5.58

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 7, 2018	TB	L	2-14	O	4	-$100.00
Sep 1, 2018	KC	L	4-5	U	5.1	-$100.00
Aug 26, 2018	NYY	L	3-5	U	5	-$100.00

Bullpen

Oakland's relievers have pitched 17.1 innings in the last 3 games.
Baltimore's relievers have pitched 20.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Oakland Athletics - Br Anderson

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Sep 3, 2017	5-4	BAL	6	7	3	3	0	3	No Decision
Apr 18, 2010	8-3	BAL	5	8	6	5	0	2	Loss

Baltimore Orioles - D Bundy

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 23, 2017	8-7	BAL	6	7	3	3	0	8	No Decision
Aug 12, 2017	12-5	BAL	6	7	3	3	3	10	Win

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.88	5	5.57	30
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	5.52	1	5.30	29
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.83	26	4.11	10
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.34	18	4.44	16

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
Sep 12, 2018	OAK	10	BAL	0	185	9.5	O	Liam Hendriks (R)	Andrew Cashner (R)	15	1	4	1	8	5
Sep 11, 2018	OAK	3	BAL	2	174	9	U	Mike Fiers (R)	Alex Cobb (R)	7	6	3	1	9	11
May 6, 2018	BAL	1	OAK	2	-164	9	U	Alex Cobb (R)	Andrew Triggs (R)	3	7	1	1	9	8
My 5, 2018	BAL	0	OAK	2	-141	8.5	U	Kevin Gausman (R)	Trevor Cahill (R)	7	4	5	2	20	11
May 4, 2018	BAL	4	OAK	6	-172	9.5	O	Andrew Cashner (R)	Daniel Mengden (R)	9	11	2	3	11	10
Aug 23, 2017	OAK	7	BAL	8	-192	10	O	Daniel Gossett (R)	Dylan Bundy (R)	14	13	5	4	15	15
Ag 22, 2017	OAK	6	BAL	4	-164	11	U	Paul Blackburn (R)	Ubaldo Jimenez (R)	13	7	3	2	6	6
Aug 21, 2017	OAK	3	BAL	7	-176	11	U	Chris Smith (R)	Wade Miley (L)	7	10	5	3	8	7
Ag 13, 2017	BAL	3	OAK	9	105	9.5	O	Jeremy Hellickson (R)	Kendall Graveman (R)	10	8	1	2	11	7
Aug 12, 2017	BAL	12	OAK	5	-105	9	O	Dylan Bundy (R)	Sean Manaea (L)	20	10	3	4	10	11

MLB Betting Odds & Trends

Oakland Athletics
Oak is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games
Oakis 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Oakland is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Oakland's last 15 games on the road
Oak is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Baltimore
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore
Oak is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Baltimore

Baltimore Orioles
Balt is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Baltimore is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games
Bal is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Baltimore is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games at home
Balt is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games at home
Baltimore is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Oakland
Balt is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland
Baltimore is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Oakland

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Oakland Athletics

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	89-57	46-29	43-28	56-21	35-36	69-68-9	30-24	59-33
Last 10	8-2	6-2	2-0	7-0	1-2	8-2	3-2	5-0
v Div	33-34	17-19	16-15	20-13	14-21	37-26-4	15-13	18-21
vs AL	77-49	39-26	38-23	50-19	28-30	64-55-7	23-19	54-30
v NL	12-8	7-3	5-5	6-2	7-6	5-13-2	7-5	5-3

Baltimore Orioles

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	41-104	24-46	17-58	15-18	29-86	65-74-6	18-29	23-75
Last 10	1-9	0-2	1-7	0-1	1-8	6-4	1-1	0-8
v Div	20-47	13-22	7-25	4-4	17-43	36-27-4	8-16	12-31
vs AL	34-91	22-38	12-53	14-14	23-77	59-61-5	14-27	20-64
vs NL	7-13	2-8	5-5	1-4	6-9	6-13-1	4-2	3-11

Team Last 5 Games

Oakland Athletics

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Sep 12, 2018	BAL	10-0	W	-200	9.5	L Hendriks	1	A Cashner	A
Sp 11, 2018	BAL	3-2	W	-185	9	M Fiers	6	A Cobb	A
Sep 9, 2018	TEX	7-3	W	-233	9	T Cahill	2.2	Jeffrey Springs	H
Sp 8, 2018	TEX	8-6	W	-173	9.5	E Jackson	3	Yohander Mendez	H
Sep 7, 2018	TEX	8-4	W	-180	9	L Hendriks	1	Y Gallardo	H

Baltimore Orioles

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Sep 12, 2018	OAK	0-10	L	185	9.5	A Cashner	2	L Hendriks	H
Sp 11, 2018	OAK	2-3	L	174	9	A Cobb	2	M Fiers	H
Sep 9, 2018	TB	3-8	L	229	8	Josh Rogers	1.1	Ryne Stanek	A
Sp 8, 2018	TB	5-10	L	222	8	David Hess	5	Diego Castillo	A
Sep 7, 2018	TB	2-14	L	250	7	D Bundy	4	Blake Snell	A

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