Cleveland Guardians (4-2) vs. Oakland Athletics (2-3)
April 5, 2023 3:37 pm EDT
The Line: Oakland Athletics +110 / Cleveland Guardians -141; Over/Under: +8.5
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The Cleveland Guardians and Oakland Athletics meet Wednesday in MLB action at Oakland Coliseum. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Cleveland Guardians have scored 21 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 3 of their last 5 games. The Guardians are 3-0 this season when scoring 4 or more runs. Steven Kwan leads the Guardians with 8 hits and 7 RBI, while Jose Ramirez and Andres Gimenez have combined for 16 hits and 5 RBI. Hunter Gaddis gets the ball, and he is 0-0 with a 9.82 ERA and 4 strikeouts this season. This will be Gaddis’ first career game against the Athletics.
The Oakland Athletics have scored 15 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 3 of their first 5 games. The Athletics are 1-2 this season when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Ramon Laureano leads the Athletics with 5 hits and 3 RBI, while Seth Brown and Tony Kemp have combined for 10 hits and 5 RBI. Kyle Muller gets the ball, and he is 0-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 3 strikeouts this season. This will be Muller’s first career game against the Guardians.
The Guardians are 4-0 in their last 4 Wednesday games and 17-5 in their last 22 during game 3 of a series. The Athletics are 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. The over is 3-1-1 in Guardians last 5 overall. The under is 9-4-1 in Athletics last 14 overall. The Guardians are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Oakland and 7-2 in the last 9 meetings.
The Cleveland Guardians are the better team and should be favored obviously, but Hunter Gaddis wasn’t good in his debut, and he still has limited innings through his career, so we’re still feeling him out. The Oakland Athletics offense has picked up their last two games, and Kyle Muller showed potential against the Angels in his first outing. I’ll take a shot with the home dog.
