Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 12-21 Oakland Athletics play host to the 14-17 Boston Red Sox in MLB action tonight on the grass of O.co Coliseum May 12, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 10:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: A’s -120/Red Sox +110
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Justin Masterson (R) W/L 2-1 WHIP 1.58 ERA 5.18
Drew Pomeranz (L) W/L 1-3 WHIP 1.39 ERA 5.12

Boston defeated Oakland 5-4 last night and is now 2-2 on their current road trip. They are 3-6 in their last 9 games. The A’s are 0-1 on their homestand and are on a 6-game losing streak. They are also 4-10 at home in 2015.

This is the first series of the season between these two clubs. Oakland has a 6-4 edge in the last 10 contests between these two clubs.

Masterson was a 5-3 loser to Tampa Bay in his last outing, allowing 4 runs in 4.1 innings. He has 3 Q starts on the year.

Pomeranz lost his last start, 6-5 to Minnesota. He also allowed 4 runs in 4.1 innings. He has reached the 7th inning once this year and the A’s are 1-5 in his starts.

No Red Sox hitter has more than 6 ABs vs. the lefty but 3 hitters are batting .500 or better off of him, led by OF Hanley Ramirez (HR). No one has stolen a base off of Pomeranz.

Oakland OF Coco Crisp just returned to the lineup and is hitting .364 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs off of Masterson. 1B Ike Davis is 2-3 with a HR and 2 RBIs off of the big right-hander. 5 hitters are batting .222 or less off of Masterson.

Boston at Oakland Betting Trends

The Red Sox are 1-3-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Boston is 1-4-1 straight up in their last 6 games on the road.
Oakland is 0-4-1 straight up in their last 5 games
The Athletics are 15-6-1 straight up in their last 22 games against Boston
The game total has gone under is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Oakland.

Injury Report

BOSTON RED SOX
Edwin Escobar P 15-Day Disabled List
Ryan Hanigan C 60-Day Disabled List
Christian Vazquez C 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Workman P 15-Day Disabled List

OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Ike Davis 1B Day-to-Day (quad)
Sean Doolittle P 15-Day Disabled List
A.J. Griffin P 60-Day Disabled List
Sean Nolin P 15-Day Disabled List
Eric O’Flaherty 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 Money line Bets)
Boston: 48%
Oakland: 52%

Free MLB Pick

The Athletics have lost 6 consecutive games and send out Drew Pomeranz to right the ship. Unfortunately, Pomeranz hasn’t had a Q start since his opener and has looked very average in 5 starts since then with all resulting in losses by Oakland. He’ll be making his first career start against the Red Sox but he has some poor historical statistics versus the Boston lineup. In 24 at bats the Red Sox hitters have 11 hits for a .458 batting average and a 1.218 OPS. Justin Masterson got ripped for 7 runs in 4 1/3 in his last start but has fared well in the past in stretches with three Q starts before the beat down. The current A’s lineup holds a .231 career batting average versus Masterson. Two wins don’t make a hot streak however it is better than being on a 6 game losing streak and in our team’s opinion we have the better pitching and getting value on the moneyline.

Take the Boston Red Sox +116‏