Philadelphia Phillies vs Oakland Athletics 6/17/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
On Saturday afternoon at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, Game 2 of an interleague three-game series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Oakland Athletics will take place.
After winning four straight road games, Philadelphia moved to 36-34 overall and 17-23 away from home, finishing third in the NL East, 8 games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves.
The Phillies now have a run differential of -15 for the season after scoring 314 runs while surrendering 329.
The Philadelphia Phillies enter this tournament having won four of their previous five road games, including the series opener against the Athletics on Friday by a score of 6-1.
Taijuan Walker, the Phillies’ starting pitcher (7-3, 4.31 ERA), won the win for his team after striking out eight batters in 8.0 innings of work while allowing only one earned run and no free passes.
Right fielder Nick Castellanos leads Philadelphia with an on-base percentage of.359, a batting average of.316, and a team-high 42 runs batted in.
Left fielder Kyle Schwarber provided a team-high 18 home runs for the Phillies. The team batting average and slugging percentage for Philadelphia were.260 and.424 respectively.
In game 2 of their three-game series against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, the Philadelphia Phillies’ management chose not to disclose the name of their starting pitcher.
The Philadelphia Phillies are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 road games, and they are 10-2 SU in their past 12 games.
While the Phillies are 6-0 SU in their previous 6 games played against opponents from the American League, the totals have gone under in 8 of Philadelphia’s last 9 games while playing on the road against Oakland.
Six of Philadelphia’s previous seven games against American League West Division opponents resulted in underdog totals.
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Philadelphia Phillies vs Oakland Athletics Predictions 6/17/2023
On Saturday, game 2 of a series between the Oakland Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies will be played at home with the Oakland Athletics hoping to snap a three-game losing run.
After losing three of its last five home games, Oakland plummeted to 19-53 overall, 9-27 at home, and finished dead last in the AL West, 24.5 games behind the Texas Rangers in first place.
The Athletics have scored 258 runs overall, but have also squandered 459, for a run differential of -201 for the season.
The Oakland Athletics are hosting the Philadelphia Phillies in game 2 of a home series after three straight defeats, including game 1 of the third on Friday.
JP Sears, the starting pitcher for Oakland (1-4, 4.24 ERA), suffered the defeat despite tossing 7.0 innings and allowing just 4 earned runs and 0 bases on balls while striking out 7 batters.
For the Oakland Athletics, left fielder Brent Rooker recorded a team-high batting average of.261 with 13 home runs and 38 runs batted in, and center fielder Esteury Ruiz contributed a team-high 70 hits.
For the Athletics this season, first baseman Ryan Noda had a team-high.412 on-base percentage.
Right-hander James Kaprielian will get the ball from the Oakland Athletics on Saturday to begin game two of a series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
The right-handed pitcher has a record of 2-6, a 6.89 ERA, a 1.71 WHIP, 43 strikeouts, 55 hits, 30 unintentional walks, and 8 home runs allowed in 49.2 innings thrown.
The totals were under in five of Oakland’s past seven games, while the Athletics are 7-2 SU in their last nine games.
The totals were under in 5 of the Athletics’ past 6 home games and in 16 of Oakland’s last 18 games against Philadelphia.
The totals were under in eight of Oakland’s past nine home games against the Philadelphia Phillies. In their previous five games against opponents from the National League, the Oakland Athletics are 5-0 straight up.
Philadelphia Phillies vs Oakland Athletics. The Philadelphia Phillies are the underdogs in this game.
The Phillies are the superior club in this matchup, having won all six of their most recent interleague games while the Athletics lost 21 of their past 27 interleague home games.
While Oakland is at the bottom of the American League West, Philadelphia won its last three games and four of its past five to reclaim first place in the National League East Division.
For Saturday, take the visiting team to win. The Philadelphia Phillies will triumph 6-2.
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Philadelphia Phillies vs Oakland Athletics 6/17/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
MLB Starting Time: 4:07 PM ET
Location: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
TV: NSCA
MLB Odds/Point Spread: Philadelphia Phillies -170
MLB Totals: 9.0