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Los Angeles Dodgers vs Oakland Athletics: Can the Orioles stay on top of the AL?

The Los Angeles Dodgers are visiting the Oakland Athletics today at Oakland Coliseum.

The Dodgers are targeting the top of the NL

The Los Angeles Dodgers are on top of the NL West with a 64-47 record, including 30-27 on the road. They are coming off a 10-0 win over the Athletics last night which snapped their three-game losing streak. The Dodgers have a 3.83 ERA, a .229 batting average, a .301 on-base percentage, and 1.22 walks plus hits per inning pitched. Shohei Ohtani is the best player on the team with 131 hits, 85 runs and 33 home runs.

The A’s are the second-worst team in the AL

The Oakland Athletics are at the bottom of the AL West with a 46-66 record, including 27-28 at home. Oakland has lost three of the last five games. The Athletics have a 4.36 ERA, a .251 batting average, a .329 on-base percentage, and 1.34 walks plus hits per inning pitched. Brent Rooker leads the team with 103 hits, 54 runs and 27 home runs.

Betting Trends

Oakland is 10-5 SU in their last 15 games overall, 15-5 SU in their last 20 home games against the Dodgers, and 3-7 SU in their last 10 games against teams from the NL West. The A’s have played over the total run line in 11 of their last 16 games overall, in their last 5 games against the Dodgers, in 9 of their last 10 home games, and in 4 of their last 6 games against teams from the NL. The Dodgers are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games overall, 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against the Athletics and 3-6 SU in their last 9 games against teams from the AL West. Los Angeles has played over the total run line in 5 of their last 6 games overall, in 4 of their last 5 games on the road and in 5 of their last 7 games against teams from the AL.

Prediction and Conclusion

The Athletics managed to steal a 6-5 win in the series opener, but the Dodgers responded in full force with a 10-0 win in game 2 of the series. The Dodgers will try to add another one with rookie River Ryan on the mound, who is 1-0 for the season with a 0.82 ERA, 10 K, 11 IP, and 1.09 WHIP. The Athletics will go with Osvaldo Bido, who is 2-2 for the season with a 5.00 ERA, 28 K, 27 IP, and 1.37 WHIP. Neither pitcher is very reliable, so as usual between these two teams, this will be a high-scoring game that will go over 9 runs in total.