Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants 8/14/2020 Picks Predictions

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The San Francisco Giants will host the Oakland Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on Friday, August 14, 2020 9:45 P.M, ET. Game 1 of this interleague series will be on Friday. Both teams are looking for a good start after losing their previous series. Oakland denied the Angels of the chance to sweep them winning game 3 at 8-4. The Giants split their 1st 2 games of the series with the Astros, and lost the rubber match at a score of 5-1. The SF Giants are currently in the bottom half of the NL at 13th place at 8-12, and last in the NL West Division.

Oakland won only 2 of their last 7 games, and made 12 runs in 3 games. They were outhit 9-7 by the Astros in game 3, and managed a single run in the 1st inning. Alex Dickerson made a run batted in to put them on the board, as their offense continues to struggle recently. They do have an average of .243 team batting record which is 14th in the league making 85 total runs which is also in 14th place. Kaleb Baragar took the loss in their last game allowing 4 earned runs in just 0.2 innings pitched. Donovan Solano is their most consistent player putting up stats at 27 hits and 15 RBIs with a .458 BAA and .476 OBP. Johnny Cueto will start for the Giants in game 1. He is 1-0 with a 5.40 earned run average and 14 strikeouts this season.

Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants Predictions 8/14/2020

Oakland’s 9-game win was ended by the Angels after their 1st game of the series, and gave them a 2-game losing skid as the same team also shut them out in game 2. The Halos were about to take out the brooms, but Oakland said now rallying back to take game 3. The A’s won 8 of their last 10 games and scored 17 runs in their last 3. The squad outhit the Angels at 9-5, while Robbie Grossman got a 2 run homer on top of the 2nd to cruise past the Angels. Ramon Laureano went 1 for 5 with 2 RBIs in that game. Chris Bassitt got the win allowing 4 earned runs in 5.2 innings to improve to 2-0. Matt Chapman is the A’s best player with a batting average of .269, and putting up 21 hits and 15 RBIs. Despite their success this season, Oakland is 26th in the league with their .216 BAA, and 12th in the league with 88 runs. The squad sits on top of the American League with a 13-6 record, and are 1st place in the AL West Division. Frankie Montas will be on the mound for the A’s in the opener.

Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants. MLB’s pick for game 1 will go to the San Francisco Giants +170. Talking about starting pitchers, Montas is doing everything right this season allowing just 1 run in his last 14 innings. Cueto is doing the exact opposite with 10 runs allowed in his last 13.4 innings. Despite having an average runs made per game, Oakland’s offense is strong with 4 plus runs in 7 of their last 10 games. Oakland is successful against the Giants when visiting Oracle Park with 6 wins in their last 9 games but the Giants will win this match predicted at 4-3.

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