Oakland Athletics vs Houston Astros 10/7/2020 Picks Predictions Previews

Oakland Athletics vs Houston Astros 10/7/2020 Picks Predictions Previews
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The Oakland Athletics will battle against the Houston Astros at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at 3:35 P.M, ET. This is the 3rd installment of this best-of-5 American League Division series where the Athletics are looking to keep their postseason alive with a win. The Astros took the 1st and 2nd games of the series and are aiming to eliminate Oakland in the next. Houston was 8th in the American League in the regular season with a record of 29-31 and is 2nd in the AL West Division.

Houston is 5-0 in the playoffs and is making everything count despite their weak performance in the regular season compared to last year. Both teams were tied with 6 hits each but the Astros did a better job producing runs to grab their 2nd win of the series. George Springer led the offense in the last game with 2 hits and a 2 run homer. Martin Maldonado added 1 hit and a solo homer of his own. Framber Valdez got the win after allowing only 2 earned runs in 7 innings. George Springer leads the team with 7 hits in the postseason while Carlos Correa has 6 RBIs and 3 homers for the team. The Astros made 22 total runs in the playoffs with a team BAA of .269 while allowing 2.25 earned runs per game. Jose Urquidy will start for the Astros in game 3 of the series. He recorded 1-1 with a 2.73 ERA in the regular season.

Oakland Athletics vs Houston Astros Predictions 10/7/2020

Oakland is on the verge of elimination and needs to find some answers to keep going. The offense is not cooperating since they are struggling to score against the Astros. Khris Davis and Marcus Siemen had 2 hits in the game with Davis getting a solo home run. Chad Pinder had 1 hit and a solo homer of his own for Oakland’s scoring. Sean Manaea took the loss after allowing 4 earned runs in 4.1 innings. Marcus Siemen leads the team with 7 hits in the postseason while Khris Davis has a team-high of 4 RBIs and 3 homers. Oakland was one of the best pitching teams in the regular season but they did not bring that to the playoffs with a team ERA of 5.2. They have 19 runs which is 3 fewer than Houston’s but they played for 5 games while the Astros only had 4. Oakland was 3rd in the American League with a record of 36-24 and was 1st in the AL West Division. Jesus Luzardo gets the ball for the A’s in the 3rd game. He had a record of 3-2 with a 4.12 ERA this year.

Oakland Athletics vs Houston Astros. MLB’s pick to win the 3rd game is the Houston Astros -120. Oakland was supposed to be the favorite in the series but they are like a different team than what they were in the regular season. Houston was just hanging by a thread to enter the playoffs but the squad disposed of the top 2 the American League and are close to taking out the top 3. The Astros will take game 3 and proceed in the next leg of the playoffs. Houston will win over Oakland to a predicted score of 7-3.

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