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MLB Pick: Oakland Athletics at Milwaukee Brewers

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The Oakland Athletics visit Miller Park in Milwaukee tonight for game one of a two game series with the Brewers. The Brewers and Athletics don’t play each other very often and that’s probably good thing for the Brewers as they have won just 1 of 6 meetings going back to 2002.

Head to Head Trends

Athletics are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.

Milwaukee Brewers (-125)

The Milwaukee Brewers are 4th in the National League Central with a 26-31 record 14.5 games back of the 1st place Chicago Cubs. The Brewers have been playing some solid ball of late winning 8 of their last 13 games. The Brewers have a decent offense averaging 4.12 runs per game but their pitching has been less then impressive allowing 4.89 runs per game.

Starting for the Brewers today is Zach Davies who is 3-3 with a 4.53 ERA in his 9 starts this season. Davies got off to a slow start but he’s actually been pretty good over his last 6 starts which included tossing 8 scoreless innings in last start while striking out 9.

Milwaukee Brewers Trends

Brewers are 4-1 in Davies’ last 5 starts.
Brewers are 4-0 in their last 4 home games vs. a left-handed starter.

Oakland Athletics (+115)

The Oakland Athletics are last in the American League West 7 games under .500 and 10 games out of 1st place. The Athletics have had a few small hot stretches this season where they would win 5 or 6 games in a row but other then that they haven’t really done a whole lot.

On the hill for the Athletics in this one is lefty Sean Manaea who is 2-3 with a 6.16 ERA in 7 starts this season. This is Manaea’s rookie season and so far he hasn’t been overly impressive but he is a big left handed pitcher so if he doesn’t make it as a starter there will probably be plenty of teams with a spot ready for him in their bullpens.

Oakland Athletics Trends

Athletics are 5-16 in their last 21 road games.
Athletics are 4-10 in their last 14 games following an off day.

Conclusion

I’m going with the Milwaukee Brewers over the Athletics in this one. I think the Brewers are just the better team overall plus they’re at home versus a rookie pitcher in an inter-league game so I think they get it done today.

Free Pick: Milwaukee Brewers -125 at BetOnline

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Dean kicks ass at giving simple easy to read sports picks and includes the recent stats on both teams. He specializes in NHL and MLB, but also does NBA and Golf picks.

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