Monday MLB Free Pick
(The Spread) – The A’s have been atrocious of late, but can they get things turned around when they start a new series with the Orioles tonight?
The A’s are in the midst of a six-game losing streak after being swept by the Yankees and Red Sox. They had zero offense in New York and when their bats started to heat up in Boston, their usually outstanding pitching failed them against the red-hot BoSox.
Now the A’s will head to Baltimore to play an Orioles team that they’ve had a ton of success against over the last couple of years. They’ll rely on Gio Gonzalez to get them out of their funk, a man who has been phenomenal so far this season. He’s 5-3 with a 2.49 ERA over 68.2 innings of work, but who hasn’t won in three starts.
Baltimore will counter with Brian Matusz, who has only made one start this season. That start came less than a week ago against the Mariners in which he allowed just one run on four hits over 5.2 innings.
Oddsmakers from online sports book Bodog have made the host Orioles –107 money line favorites over the A’s, who are +101 on the ML for tonight’s 7:05PM ET start. The over/under total for this contest is 7.5 runs.
MLB Free Pick: Take Oakland. The A’s were beat up tremendously in New York and Boston, but they were also severely overmatched. This isn’t a team that scores a lot of runs and when their pitching falters, they’re not going to win. But Baltimore obviously isn’t the juggernaut that New York and Boston are and with Gonzalez on the mound, this is a great time for Oakland to turn around its misfortune. According to latest MLB trends, the A’s are 60-20 in their last 80 games against the Orioles and 37-15 in their last 52 trips to Baltimore.
MONDAY MLB FREE PICK: OAKLAND A’S +101
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