Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics 10/1/2020 Picks Predictions

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The Chicago White Sox will skirmish with the Oakland Athletics at RingCentral Coliseum on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 3:10 P.M, ET. This game is the final game of this best-of-3 American League Wild Card Series with both teams all tied up with a 1 win a piece. Chicago took game 1 with a score of 4-1 but the A’s did not want to be eliminated and took game 2 at 5-3. The White Sox ranked 4th in the American League with a 35-25 record and are 2nd in the AL Central Division.

Chicago could not close out the game despite outhitting the Athletics 10-7 but fell short in producing runs. Tim Anderon had 3 hits in the game while Yasmani Grandall had 1 hit and a 2 run homer in the 8th. Nick Madrigal added 2 hits while Dallas Keuchell got the loss after allowing 3 earned runs in 3.1 innings. Jose Abreu led the team during the regular season with 76 hits, 60 RBIs, and 19 homers. Chicago ranks 6th in team BAA at .261 while making 306 total runs and also rank 6th in pitching with their bullpen getting a 3.81 team ERA this regular season. Chicago hasn’t mentioned who their starter will be.

Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics Predictions 10/1/2020

The Athletics did well to lead 5-0 after 4 innings and also the pitchers did enough to hold them to 3 points in the final innings. Khris Davis had 1 hit and a solo homer while Marcus Siemen also had 1 hit but with a 2 run homer. Ramon Laureneo added 2 hits of his own in the win. Chris Bassitt got the win after allowing only 1 earned run in 7 innings pitched. Marc Canha led the team’s offense during the regular season with 47 hits at .246 BAA while Matt Olson had 42 RBIs and 14 homers. Oakland has one of the best bullpens in the league in 5th place with a team ERA of 3.77 while their offensive lineup is decent with a .225 team BAA in 25th place with 274 total runs made. The Athletics were 3rd place in the American League during the regular season with a record of 36-24 and are 1st in the AL West Division. No word on who the starter for the A’s will be in the final game.

Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics. MLB’s pick to win the final game is the Oakland Athletics -125. Chicago really did well during the regular season making big offensive plays down the stretch but when the postseason was nearing they struggled on where things counted the most. Oakland is the 3rd best AL team and remained consistent throughout the season which will give them the edge to close out the series in the next game. Chicago is struggling in pitching as of late which will be difficult if they can’t get in check in the next game. Oakland will beat the White Sox to a predicted score of 5-3.

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