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The Oakland Athletics and Cleveland Guardians face off Today for the opener of their four-game series at Progressive Field. The Guardians are leading the season series 4-0 as they completely dominated the A’s back in their first encounter back in April.
The Athletics have lost all of their last 9 games heading into this games, which puts them in a very concerning position as they’ve only scored a total of 18 runs throughout those losses.
On the other hand, the Guardians are looking great as they have won 7 out of their last 9 games, they also have moved back to .500 at 27-26 on the season. and already are in Wild Card contention.
Trying to turn things around, the Oakland Athletics will send out Paul Blackburn as their starting pitcher, making this his 12th start of the season. He is holding a 5-2 record with a 2.62 ERA and 1.06 WHIP over 58 innings pitched, making him look like a great opportunity for the A’s to snap their 9 game losing streak.
Blackburn picked up his 2nd loss against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday as he allowed 4 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3 over 4 innings. Although he’s been struggling recently, he’s already proven that he can be a big threat to the competition.
Triston McKenzie will be opening things up for the Cleveland Guardians and he’ll try to keep the ball rolling for them. He’s holding a 3-5 record with a 3.10 ERA and owns a 0.86 WHIP through 58 innings pitched in 9 starts and 1 relief appearance.
McKenzie picked up his last loss on Saturday, when he gave up 5 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks over 7 innings as the Cleveland Guardians took a 5-4 loss against the Baltimore Orioles.
This match is turning to be a bit more exciting as the Paul Blackburn might just have what it takes to contain the opposite offense, although the Guardians are lookin unstoppable right now.
Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Guardians Game Information
- Date: 06/10/2022
- Time: 07:10 PM ET
- Location: Progressive Field, Cleveland.
- How to Watch Athletics vs Guardians: NBC Sports
- Live Stream: MLB.TV
Athletics vs Guardians Betting Lines
Athletics are +144 according to our Vegas MLB Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $144. On the other side, Guardians are -159 according to the Vegas MLB Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $62.
The implied probability for these two teams attached to the betting lines have Athletics at a 40.98% chance of winning the game, meanwhile Guardians have 61.39% probability of finishing the game with the W.
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