Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers 9/13/19 - MLB Betting Odds & Picks
Oakland Athletics vs. Texas Rangers
MLB: 8:05 PM EST
Sep. 13, 2019
TV: FSSW
Latest Odds : OAK -167 Total 11
The Oakland squad is one that if they had been able to play good early on in the season. Instead, the Athletics are finding themselves trailing behind the Astros in the standings and that could make it harder for the Athletics to run down the Astros, but playing against the Rangers could help the team out quite a bit. The Rangers for their part are a team that has struggled on the road this year, but the Rangers have played decent at home on the season so far.
The Athletics have managed to see Matt Chapman do decent on the season with 32 homers and 81 RBIs. Marcus Semien has ended up getting a decent average at a clip of .278 this year. Danny Santana has been able to hit 24 homers on the year for the Rangers. Elvis Andrus has ended up hitting at a clip of .273 on the year and Rougned Odor has ended up bringing home 75 runners.
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Chris Bassitt is the pitcher who is going to pitch in this game for the Athletics. Bassitt has posted a 10-5 record and a 3.64 ERA on the year. He has thrown a total of 136 innings this year with 129 strikeouts, but has walked 44 batters and allowed 119 hits.
Brock Burke has been tapped to start this game for the Rangers. He has ended up with an 0-1 record and a 3.52 ERA this season. Burke is still young on the year with 23 innings pitched and 12 strikeouts, but has walked 8 batters and allowed 19 hits.
Recent Betting Trends:
Athletics are 20-7 in their last 27 vs. a team with a losing record.
Rangers are 5-1 in their last 6 games on grass.
Under is 25-7-2 in Athletics last 34 Friday games.
Under is 6-0 in Rangers last 6 during game 1 of a series.
Free Betting Pick: Oakland Athletics -167
The Rangers are putting Burke on the mound in this game, but also have a few hitters that are doing really well, but have not been able to dominate the game on the year. Look for the Athletics to have a good chance of winning this game as Bassitt has been able to play really well on the season and that will help the team out in this game at keeping the Rangers offense contained. Final Score, Oakland Athletics win 6-3.