After taking 3 of 4 in Anaheim last month, the Athletics are poised to clinch their second straight series with the Los Angeles Angels when the teams meet up at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento at 10:05 p.m. ET on Saturday night.
The Athletics stormed back after allowing 11 straight runs to win in 10 innings last night, 12-11. The team was down 11-4 in the bottom of the sixth. Zach Gelof had an RBI single that inning, followed by 2-run homers by Jacob Wilson in the seventh, Max Muncy in the eighth, and pinch-hitter Jonah Heim in the ninth to even the game, before a walk-off bases loaded walk ended things an inning later.
Tyler Soderstrom led the A’s with three hits, including a double. Wilson was 2-5 with three RBIs, while Lawrence Butler had two hits and Shea Langeliers added a double and an RBI. Gelof extended the longest active hitting streak in MLB to 23 games. This was the largest comeback win of the season for the Athletics.
The Angels were left with nothing to show for an 11-run, 11-hit effort. The team has lost 5 of 6 and is 1-4 on its current 7-game road trip.
Logan O’Hoppe, Denzel Guzman, Jose Siri, Zach Neto, and Nolan Schanuel all went deep for Los Angeles, tying its season-high of five homers in a game. O’Hoppe went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, including his 2-run homer. Siri smacked a three-run bomb and Guzman had a 2-run shot. Oswald Peraza also had three hits, including a double.
The Angels turn to right-hander Walbert Urena this evening. He has been the only Angels pitcher able to solve the Athletics’ lineup this season.
LA Angels vs. Athletics betting picks and predictions
Athletics -1.5 (+115)
The Athletics have won five straight against Los Angeles since dropping the season opener between the teams on May 18. They’ve won 7 of 10 to get back to .500 and sit just a half-game behind the Seattle Mariners in the American League West.
With a potent lineup, led by Langeliers (.274, 19 HR, 40 RBIs) and Kurtz (.287, 18-58), the Athletics are second in the AL in batting, slugging, and OPS, and third in OPB. Playing in bandboxes in Sacramento and occasionally in Las Vegas doesn’t hurt.
J.T. Ginn takes the mound for the A’s. He is 5-3 with a 2.91 ERA and 1.16 WHIP this season. Ginn has won his last two starts, including on Monday, when he allowed one run (none earned) on six hits in six innings of an 11-2 triumph over the Pirates.
He tied a season-high, going eight innings, allowing two runs on two hits while striking out 10 and walking just one in a 2-1 loss to the Angels last month.
Ginn took the loss in that game because Urena tossed six scoreless innings, scattering four hits while striking out four in the Angels’ only victory in six games with the Athletics to date. Urena is 4-5 with a 2.60 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. He lost his last start, on Monday, when he allowed four runs on seven hits in seven innings of a 4-3 defeat to Arizona.
Urena may be able to hold the A’s at bay early, but at some point, the Angels’ AL-worst defense (.982 fielding percentage, 48 errors) will come into play behind a staff posting an ERA of 4.69, which is 12th in the league.
Combine that with the Angels’ paltry .238 batting average, and the Athletics appear tipped to clinch their second straight series with Los Angeles this season.
Under 9.5 runs (-110)
The teams have played to the Over in 3 of 5 games so far this season, and the Athletics have gone to the Over in 4 of their last 6 overall, but the Angels’ offensive outburst occurred last night.
LA was shut out by the A’s on Thursday, 5-0, and it is a better bet to retreat to that type of performance this evening so take the under.
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LA Angels vs. Athletics odds
Angels | +145 |
Athletics | -170 |
Run Line | Athletics -1.5 |
Total | O/U 8.5 |
LA Angels vs. Athletics player props
Zach Neto (LA Angels) | +375 |
Jo Adell (LA Angels) | +425 |
Logan O'Hoppe (LA Angels) | +600 |
Nick Kurtz (Athletics) | +240 |
Shea Langeliers (Athletics) | +290 |
Tyler Soderstrom (Athletics) | +475 |
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