Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays 9/4/2021 Picks Predictions

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The Oakland Athletics (74-61) and the Toronto Blue Jays (71-62) will clash in a three-game weekend tournament at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at 3:07 PM ET. Oakland defeated the Detroit Tigers in a three-game battle after winning the opening and final game. The Athletics split the first two installments after winning the series opener at 9-3 on Tuesday but lost the second match at 6-8 on Wednesday. However, Oakland completed the victory over Detroit after an 8-6 triumph on Thursday. The team wasted a one-run defeat to the Blue Jays in Game 1 of their weekend face-off at 10-11 on Friday. The Athletics scored two runs in each of the five frames with eleven base hits in the loss. Starter Sean Manaea lasted for 7.0 innings with just 2 earned runs on 5 hits while striking out nine hitters of the Jays in defeat.

Oakland will give the ball to righty Paul Blackburn to take his post on the bump to start the second installment of a series versus the Blue Jays on Saturday. In his appearances on the mound, the right-handed thrower is 0-1 with a 2.81 ERA and struck out nine batters while granting four walks in his 16.0 innings of work this season.

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Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays Predictions 9/4/2021

On the Toronto side, the team beat the Baltimore Orioles in a three-game competition after splitting the first two rounds and won the finale. The Blue Jays scored a total of 14 runs in winning the series after a 7-3 win over the Orioles on Monday and a 2-4 defeat on Tuesday. Toronto concluded the series with a tough 5-4 triumph over Baltimore on Wednesday. The Blue Jays fell behind the Athletics at 2-8 after the 7th frame but rallied with a blast in the last two innings after scoring nine runs with 10 base hits and outscored Oakland in the win. Starting Pitcher Alek Manoah struggled in his start with 5.0 innings of work while giving away six earned runs on five base hits and awarded three free bases but struck out just two batters of the Athletics. Toronto batters earned the victory after driving a total of 11 RBIs and made 11 runs on 10 base hits. Left Fielder Lourdes Gurriel led his team after driving four RBIs on one hit and made one run for the Blue Jays.

Right-handed Pitcher José Berríos will be taking the ball for Toronto to start the second round of a weekend set against the Athletics on Saturday. The twenty-seven-year-old righty starter is 9-7 with a 3.53 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, granted 40 bases on balls and struck out a total of 162 batters in 153.0 innings pitched in the majors this year.

Oakland Athletics vs. Toronto Blue Jays. The MLB Pick for this contest is Toronto -160. The Blue Jays will be sending a solid starter to the mound in José Berríos (9-7, 3.53 ERA) while Toronto dominated Oakland after winning eight of its last 10 overall. The Blue Jays also won 15 of their last 20 games played at home versus the Athletics. Moreover, Toronto ranked 2nd in team batting average and 1st in slugging percentage in MLB this season. The Toronto Blue Jays will win predicted at 6-3.

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