Los Angeles Oakland Athletics Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 9-10 Los Angeles Angels head into the 8-12 Oakland Athletics to play this 1st of 3 series on the grass of O.co Coliseum, April 28, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 10:05PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Oakland -147/Los Angeles +137
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Jered Weaver (R) W/L 0-2 WHIP 1.48 ERA 5.24
Sonny Gray (R) W/L 2-0 WHIP 0.88 ERA 1.91
Both teams had the night off last night. Los Angeles is coming off a 4-3 homestand while Oakland is struggling at the moment, 0-3 on their current homestand and 3-7 in their last 10 games. The last pitcher to get a win for them was Gray.
The two clubs have split the season series so far 2-2 but the Angels have the edge, winning 7 of the last 10 meetings between these two clubs.
Weaver had a no decision in his last start but it was his best start of the year so far (6 innings, 1 ER). Gray has been great in 2015 and has pitched 7+ innings in three of his starts and allowed 1 run or less in all 3.
Light-hitting A’s IF Eric Sogard is the only player to have much success against Weaver as he sports a .333 BA against him. 1B Ike Davis is also hitting .333 against Weaver but has only 6 ABs. No Angels’ hitter with more than 2 ABs against Gray is hitting .300 off of him. OF Mike Trout has 2 HRs in 16 ABs but has also struck out 7 times.
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Los Angeles at Oakland Betting Trends
The Angels are 9-3 straight up in their last 12 games against Oakland.
The game total has gone over in 8 of the Angels last 10 road games against Oakland.
Oakland is 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games.
The Athletics are 3-9 straight up in their last 12 games against the Angels
The A’s are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Injury Report
LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Cory Rasmus P 60-Day Disabled List
Tyler Skaggs P 60-Day Disabled List
OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Coco Crisp OF 15-Day Disabled List
Sean Doolittle P 15-Day Disabled List
Nate Freiman 1B 15-Day Disabled List
A.J. Griffin P 60-Day Disabled List
Sean Nolin P 15-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Parker P 15-Day Disabled List
Taylor Thompson P 60-Day Disabled List
Ben Zobrist OF 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Moneyline Bets)
Los Angeles: 49%
Oakland: 51%
Free MLB Pick
The historical statistical data indicates a pitching duel in this game. Jered Weaver has been very successful against the A’s with three consecutive quality starts that covered 19 2/3 innings with a combined 4 runs scored. Same type of numbers for Oakland’s starter Sonny Gray who has faced the Angels six times and racked up a quality start in all six. Digging deeper into the numbers we see that there is risk of the long ball sending this game over so we’ll back off of the total in this game. Gray has superior home numbers and the A’s losing streak wasn’t caused by an offense that put up 13 in the 3 game sweep to the Astros.
Take the Oakland A’s -1.5 +155
