Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics 5/8/2021 Picks Predictions Previews

The Tampa Bay Rays will play the second game of their three-game series against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland Coliseum Oakland, CA, on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at 4:07 PM (EDT). After an 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, Tampa Bay is now 18-15. In the eighth inning, the Rays scored seven runs on a home run by Mike Zunino and two hits by Brett Phillips. The Rays are 1.5 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East. Tampa Bay won five games in a row.

Joey Wendle leads Tampa Bay with a .293 batting average and a team-high 29 hits. Austin Meadows, the designated hitter, leads the team with 7 home runs and RBIs with 17. Yandy Diaz, the first baseman, leads the league in on-base percentage (.411). Tampa Bay will send Tyler Glasnow to the mound on Saturday. The right-hander has a 4-1 record, a 2.06 ERA, 64 strikeouts, and 15 walks.

The total went OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 matches.
The total went UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 matches on the road against Oakland.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 4-1 SU in their last 5 matches this season.

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Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics Predictions 5/8/2021

Following a 10-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, Oakland is now 19-14. The Blue Jays won the first two matches of their four-game series but lost the last two. The Oakland Athletics are still in first place in the American League West, with a 1.5-game lead over the Seattle Mariners. On the road, the Athletics divided a four-game series with the Rays earlier this season.

Matt Olson is batting .280 for Oakland and leads the team in home runs with 7. Jed Lowrie, the second baseman, leads the team in RBIs with 22 and hits with 30. With a .380 on-base percentage, left fielder Mark Canha leads the team. Frankie Montas will take the mound for Oakland on Saturday. The right-hander has a 3-2 record with a 5.87 ERA, 29 strikeouts, and eight walks.

The total went OVER in 5 of the Oakland Athletics’ last 7 matches.
The total went UNDER in 6 of the Oakland Athletics’ last 6 matches against Tampa Bay.
The Oakland Athletics are 13-7 SU in their last 20 matches this season.

Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics. The MLB pick for this game is the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay is on a roll lately, winning five of its last six games overall and four of its last five on the road. Tyler Glasnow, the Rays’ ace pitcher, will take the mound. On April 28, the right-hander shut down the Oakland batters, throwing seven innings and allowing no runs on five hits with ten strikeouts and two BBs in a 2-0 win. Oakland lost seven of the last ten games to losing teams at home. The Tampa Bay Rays will win to a predicted score of 5-2.

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