Cleveland Guardians (3-1) vs. Oakland Athletics (1-2)
April 4, 2023 9:40 pm EDT
The Line: Oakland Athletics +170 / Cleveland Guardians -200; Over/Under: +7
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The Cleveland Guardians and the Oakland A’s square off in MLB action from the Oakland Coliseum on Tuesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, starting pitching matchup, history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Cleveland is listed as a -200 road favorite while Oakland is a +170 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 7 runs.
Starting Pitching Matchup
Shane Bieber will start for Cleveland and is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 3 strikeouts this season. JP Sears will make the start for Oakland here and was 6-3 with a 3.86 ERA and 51 strikeouts last season.
Matchup History
Cleveland’s 12-11 win over the A’s on Monday made it back-to-back wins and wins in 7 of the last 8 meetings for Cleveland in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Cleveland is 10-1 in their lat 11 game 2 matchups and 25-8 in their last 33 road games while the under is 8-3 in their last 11 games overall. Oakland is 5-2 in their last 7 games overall and 1-6 in their last 7 games against the AL Central while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
Pick
I’m backing Cleveland -1.5 here. The Guardians are the better team by a fair margin and I just don’t trust Oakland to be able to get the job done in this spot as the A’s offense hasn’t been good enough consistently to make up for any mistakes that JP Sears may end up making in this start. Give me the Guardians here.
