Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics 6/1/19 – MLB Pick, Preview, Prediction

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Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics 6/1/19 – MLB Pick, Preview, Prediction

Athletics PickThe Astros are definitely a team that needs to be considered a serious threat on the year for the AL West title. However, the Astros are 17 games over the five hundred mark and that could help the Astros out quite a bit in this game, but when playing on the road the Astros have managed to post a 15-12 record on the year and in the last 5 games the Astros are 3-2 on the season. With the Athletics, the team is good at home, which is a good thing because the road has been bad for them and that has led to them floundering in the AL West. The Athletics are 29-27 overall and at home are coming in with an 18-12 record. In their last 5, though, the Athletics have gone 3-2 and the last 2 games were home games against the Angels that they lost.

Houston Astros Preview

With the offense, the Astros have been a decent run producing team with 295 runs scored and have a .274 average. The Astros have managed to get a total of 524 hits on the year and have ended up hitting 93 homers. George Springer has managed to hit a total of 17 homers and 43 RBIs on the season. Michael Brantley has ended up hitting at a clip of .330 on the season.

For the Astros, the team has a team ERA of 3.44 on the year and have kept the opponent to a hitting average of .209. The Astros have given up 146 walks and have struck out 563 batters on the season. Justin Verlander is heading to the mound for the Astros in this game. Verlander has posted an 8-2 record and has a 2.38 ERA. He has thrown a total of 79.1 innings on the year with 95 strikeouts. He has walked 17 batters and allowed 42 hits.

Oakland Athletics Preview

For the Athletics, the team has produced 283 runs and have hit at a clip of only .247 on the season. The Athletics have ended up getting a total of 87 homers and have been able to get a total of 486 hits on the season. Matt Chapman is the player who has been able to hit 14 homers on the year. Stephen Piscotty has been able to hit at a clip of .276 on the season. Josh Phegley has ended up getting a total of 33 RBIs on the year.

For the Athletics, the team has been able to get a team ERA of 4.18 on the season, but have allowed the opponent to hit at a clip of .239 on the season. The Athletics have allowed a total of 201 walks on the season and have ended up striking out 456 batters. Brett Anderson is the pitcher the Athletics have tapped on the shoulder for this game. Anderson has a 6-3 record and a 3.86 ERA on the year. He has thrown 60.2 innings on the year with 32 strikeouts, but has allowed 59 hits and 24 walks on the season.

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Astros at Athletics Line: Oakland Athletics +144 O/U 7.5

My FREE MLB Pick: Oakland Athletics +144

The Astros are going to Oakland in this game and while it will be a great defensive and pitching battle the Athletics have a slight edge being at home. The Astros, though, are going to put up a big fight in this game and even playing at night will give the Astros an edge as they are 30-15 when playing at night and 35-20 on turf this season. The Athletics have Anderson going to the mound and he has been one of their better pitchers in the game and that makes the difference in this game as he outpitches Verlander to bring home the Athletics win. Final Score, Oakland Athletics win 5-4.

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