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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/athletics-vs-brewers-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-6-9-2023');   ga('set', 'title', 'Athletics vs. Brewers prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/9/2023');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Athletics-vs.-Brewers-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch.jpg"><figcaption>6-9-23</figcaption></figure><h1>Athletics vs. Brewers prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/9/2023</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-09T13:01:44-07:00">June 9th, 1:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-09T13:04:23-07:00">June 9th, 1:04pm</time><address><a>Aidan Cotter</a>Aidan Cotter is a freelance Sports Betting/Fantasy writer for ClutchPoints. He specializes in NBA and NFL betting but also contributes towards College Football and College Basketball predictions.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Oakland Athletics (14-50) visit the Milwaukee Brewers (34-29) for the first of a three-game series. First pitch commences Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with an Athletics-Brewers prediction, pick, and how to watch.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Athletics-Brewers <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Athletics-Brewers Odds</b></h2><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (+105)</p><p>Milwaukee Brewers: -1.5 (-126)</p><p>Over: 9.5 (-105)</p><p>Under: 9.5 (-115)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Athletics vs. Brewers</b></h2><p>TV: NBCS-California, Bally Sports</p><p>Stream: MLB.tv</p><p>Time: 8:10 p.m. ET/ 5:10 p.m. PT</p><p><i><b>*See how to watch Athletics-Brewers LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p><i><b>Last 10: 4-6 (Fifth in the AL West)</b></i></p><p><i><b>Run Line Record: 25-39 (39%)</b></i></p><p><i><b>Over Record: 34-26-4 (57%)</b></i></p><p>Despite their inevitable spot in last place looming, Oakland has played good baseball of late. They stole two of three from the first-place Braves before taking two of three in a road series against the Pirates. The A’s offense really showed signs of life in their most recent series as they amassed 24 runs across three games in Pittsburgh. While it’s still a stretch for them to cover given their abysmal trends, Oakland at least makes for an interesting flyer tonight given their recent stretch.</p><p>Righty Luis Medina (0-5) makes his sixth start of the season for the Athletics tonight. The 24-year-old rookie was a top prospect coming into the season. He features a blistering fastball that ranks in the 84th percentile in velocity and a strong slider that generates whiffs nearly 50% of the time. Those pitches haven’t translated into strikeouts, however, with Medina compiling a measly 7.9 K/9 thus far. He struggles to command his pitches, however, with multiple walks in all but one of his starts. While the Brewers don’t boast an especially scary lineup, they’ve notably performed better against righties. Medina hasn’t shown much and is coming off his worst start of the year – allowing six runs and four walks in just 2.0 innings against the Marlins.</p><p>Oakland certainly hasn’t been upsetting teams because of their pitching – rather, their offense has proven frisky. After a hot start, outfielder Brent Rooker went through a rough cold spell but looks to be turning things around again. Over his last five games, Rooker owns a strong .286 average and has collected 10 bases. Their hottest bat of late belongs to Jace Peterson who owns a .500 average and 16 total bases over his last five games.</p><h2><b>Why The Brewers Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p><i><b>Last 10: 6-4 (First in the NL Central)</b></i></p><p><i><b>Run Line Record: 29-34 (46%)</b></i></p><p><i><b>Over Record: 26-34-3 (43%)</b></i></p><p>Milwaukee took a huge step back in May after going 18-9 over the first month of the season. The Brewers have gotten back on track this month with wins in five of their last eight games. That includes consecutive series wins in Cincinnati and at home against the Orioles. While the Athletics look like an easy sweep on paper, Oakland just took two of three against Milwaukee’s division rival Pittsburgh. Consequently, the Brewers will need a strong start from Adrian Houser coupled with a continued offensive effort from their lineup if they want to cover tonight.</p><p>Righty Adrian Houser (2-1) makes his seventh start of the season for the Brewers tonight. Houser has flashed his rotation-caliber talent in the past few years – notably starting at least 20 games in three of his last four seasons. He’s off to a strong start in 2023 with a 3.45 ERA and 1.44 WHIP. He doesn’t generate many strikeouts (5.5 K/9) but excels at limiting walks (88th percentile) and barrels (85th percentile). His counting stats would be even better if he didn’t have a blow-up against the Blue Jays to close out May. Other than that start, Houser hasn’t allowed more than three runs. That includes his most recent outing – a 7.0-inning gem against the Reds in which he allowed just one run and no walks. The A’s struggle mightily against righties – setting Houser up for another strong night.</p><p>Milwaukee ranks just 25th in runs this season but they’ve started to heat up in recent games. That starts with their outfield as both Christian Yelich and Joey Wiemer are tearing the cover off the ball this week. Over their last seven games, Wiemer leads the team with 11 hits and 23 total bases. He’s knocked out a trio of doubles and home runs over that span – boosting hist OPS to an eye-popping 1.437. Yelich is right behind him – collecting 11 total bases while swiping four bags as well.</p><h2><b>Final Athletics-Brewers Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>While the A’s proved frisky over the last two weeks, they’re still the A’s. Nothing their pitching staff has done thus far gives me any confidence in them and Houser has been just strong enough to make this an easy Brewers pick.</p><p><b>Final Athletics-Brewers Prediction &amp; Pick: Milwaukee Brewers -1.5 (-126)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Athletics vs. Brewers prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/9/2023

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It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with an Athletics-Pirates prediction, pick, and how to watch.</p><p>Last night the Athletics snapped a 15-game road losing streak as Jace Peterson homered twice in the victory. It seemed like the Athletics were well on their way to joining the 2021 Orioles and Diamondbacks for 20+ game road losing streaks until a wonderful performance last night. The Pirates had taken the early lead on a Jack Suwinski fielders choice and an error, as it seemed like the A’s were heading to another loss. Shea Langeliers answered in the top of the second though with a bomb to center field to tie the game. The sixth inning is when things broke open though. Tied at two going into the top of the sixth, the Athletics scored three runs on four hits and an error to give them a 5-2 lead. Peterson would hit home runs in the eighth and ninth innings to give the Athletics the win. Now the rubber match of the three-game series is on tap for this afternoon.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Athletics-Pirates <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Ahtletics-Pirates Odds</b></h2><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (-134)</p><p>Pittsburgh Pirates: -1.5 (+112)</p><p>Over: 9 (-105)</p><p>Under: 9 (-115)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Athletics vs. Pirates</b></h2><p>TV: NBCSCA/ATTP</p><p>Stream: MLB.TV</p><p>Time: 12:35 PM ET/ 8:35 AM PT</p><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>The offense has shown some signs of life at times this year, but possibly none more than against the Pirates ace last night. It was just the fourth time all year that the Athletics scored ten or more runs. Brent Rooker was a major part of that. He drove in two last night on a home run. It was his first RBI since May 22nd and his first home run since May 12th. He has been hitting the ball better as of late. He has hits in four of his last five games overall.</p><p>Jace Peterson had five hits last night, which hopefully should continue his turnaround. Going into the month he was hitting just .192, but he has brought that up to .218 in the last four games. He had just 14 hits and nine RBIs in all of May. In four games this month, he already has seven hits and five RBIs. Ryan Noda is having one of the best weeks of his season as well. He is hitting .350 in the last week, with two doubles and three runs scored. Considering Noda hit just .224 in May, his .389 batting average this month is quite an improvement.</p><p>The A’s are sending Hogan Harris for his first start of the year. He may be used as an opener, but he has shown this year, he can work long innings. In his last two outings, he went five innings in each of them. In the first one, he gave up no runs and just one hit in five innings. The next time out it was five hits and two runs over five innings.</p><h2><b>Why The Pirates Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>Like has happened far too often this year, the Pirates’ bats went silent last night. Against a pitcher that had been struggling, the Pirates managed just four hits against Kaprielian to help him get his first win of the year. The issue last night was hitting with runners in scoring position. They went 0-13 last night with runners in scoring position, led by Suwinski who went 0-3. Suwinski has not normally been bad in those situations. In the year he is hitting .273 with runners in scoring position, but last night he failed to deliver.</p><p>One solution to the problem from last night may be moving Bryan Reynolds down to give him more opportunities with runners in the scoring position. On the year he is hitting .362 in RISP situations with an OBP of .417. He has 31 RBIs when runners are in scoring position, which leads the team. Reynolds’s bat has cooled off a little in June, hitting just .235 this month. Regardless, he is top 30 in the majors in RBIs this year, and the Pirates need to put him in positions to drive in runs.</p><p>The Pirates send Roansy Contreras to the mound in this one. He is 3-4 with a 4.82 ERA on the season. To start the year, Contreras was pitching well. He let up two or fewer runs in four of his first five starts while going 5.2 innings or more in those starts. Since then, he has started just one game in which he went over 5.2 innings and gave up two or fewer runs. His last time out he gave up five runs in just four innings of work.</p><h2><b>Final Athletics-Pirates Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The Athletics have won just two series all year long, and it was also the only two times this year the Athletics have won back-to-back games. The first was at Kansas City at the start of May. That should not mean much since the Royals are nearly as bad as the Athletics. The second time was fairly recent. The Athletics took games one and two over the Braves on May 29th and 30th. Still, the Athletics have struggled on the road and struggled to put together back-to-back solid offensive performances. The most runs they have put together in back-to-back nights combined is 17. They did that in the two wins over Kansas City. The Athletics are not scoring six runs tonight, and will not be getting the win in this one.</p><p><b>Final Athletics-Pirates Prediction &amp; Pick: Pirates -1.5 (+112) </b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Athletics vs. Pirates prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/7/2023

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/athletics-vs-pirates-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-6-6-2023');   ga('set', 'title', 'Athletics vs. Pirates prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/6/2023');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Athletics_vs._Pirates_prediction_odds_pick_how_to_watch.jpg"></figure><h1>Athletics vs. Pirates prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/6/2023</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-06T08:51:39-07:00">June 6th, 8:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-06T09:03:43-07:00">June 6th, 9:03am</time><address><a>Bryan Logan</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Pittsburgh Pirates took game one of the series with the Oakland Athletics and will be looking to bring their winning streak to seven games today. It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with an Athletics-Pirates prediction, pick, and how to watch.</p><p>The Athletics come into this game after their 15th straight loss on the road. They took the early 3-0 lead in the game, but the Pirates scored three in the six to take a one-run lead. The Athelietcs tied it up in the eighth, but a sacrifice fly would give the Pirates a lead they would not surrender in the bottom of the inning. The Athletics have now just won two of their last 18 games, sitting with a 12-50 record on the season.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Pirates come in riding a six-game win streak, including a sweep of the Cardinals over the weekend. They are 32-27 on the season and are in first place in the NL Central.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Athletics-Pirates <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Ahtletics-Pirates Odds</b></h2><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (+105)</p><p>Pittsburgh Pirates: -1.5 (-126)</p><p>Over: 8.5 (-120)</p><p>Under: 8.5 (-102)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Athletics vs. Pirates</b></h2><p>TV: NBCSCA/ATTP</p><p>Stream: MLB.TV</p><p>Time: 7:05 PM ET/ 4:05 PM PT</p><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>The Athletics are on pace to be the worst team in MLB history. Since 1901, the New York Mets have had the most losses, with 120 losses in the year. The Athletics are on pace for 131. The worst winning percentage since then belongs to the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics, at .235. The Athletics’ current winning percentage is .194. To get to a lower winning percentage than that, you would have to go back to the 1899 Cleveland Spiders in the National League. They went 20-134 that year, with a .130 winning percentage. The team would fold after the season. The Athletics will not be folding after this year but will be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-first-look-proposed-las-vegas-stadium-renderings" rel="noopener">set up to move to Las Vegas,</a> where they hope to find more success.</p><p>The reason for so many losses this year is their work on the road. They are just 5-26 on the road and are on pace to lose 68 times on the road this year alone. To put that into perspective, the Rays are on pace to lose just 50 times all year. It has not been all bad for the Athletics away from home though. Brent Rooker is hitting .273 on the road this year, with 22 RBIs and seven home runs. Meanwhile, Ryan Noda is hitting .288 on the road with ten doubles and scored 15 times this year. Run production on the road has been difficult this year though. Only Rooker and Shea Landeliers with 12 RBIs, have double-digit runs batted in on the season on the road.</p><p>The A’s are sending James Kaprielian to the mound today. He is currently 0-6 on the season with an 8.12 ERA. He has been better in his last four starts, after spending some time in the bullpen. In the last four starts, he is 0-4, but his ERA is down to 4.57. He did have one start in that he gave up just one run in five innings, but in each of the others, he gave up three or more.</p><h2><b>Why The Pirates Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>The Pirates produced just enough offense to win again last night. In their last three wins, they have scored 11 runs and won each game by just one run. They are middle of the pack in most categories on offense. They are 19th in runs scored, while sitting 17th in batting average and 12th in on-base percentage. Last night it was Andrew McCutchen that drove in the clutch RBI. He drove in two runs in the game and walked three times on the night. His on-base numbers have been solid this year. While he is hitting .271 on the year, his OBP is .373, and near .400 over the last month of games.</p><p>Ke’Bryan Hayes is also on a little bit of a hot streak. In the four games this month he has scored three times, driven in five runs, all while hitting .533. This is a great turnaround for Hayes, as he barely hit over .200 in May. Bryan Reynolds is also starting to pick up production. After not driving in a run in the first 14 games of May, he has driven in 14 runs in the 15 games since. That included one last night.</p><p>Mitch Keller comes to the mound in this one. He is 7-1 on the season with a 3.24 ERA. He has been striking out a lot of batters as of late. In each of his last seven starts, Keller has struck out eight or more batters. Right now FanDuel has Keller to strike out 8+ batters at +140, which may be worth a play in this one. He has been giving up runs as of late though. He has given up ten runs in his last 12 innings of work. In the four starts before that, he gave up just three earned runs in 27 innings.</p><h2><b>Final Athletics-Pirates Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>This one comes down to pitching. The Pirates are sending out a very good pitcher in Mitch Keller. He will get plenty of strikeouts today and should keep this poor Athletics offense at bay. Meanwhile, the Athletics send out Kaprielian. He has been bad this year, and even at his peak, is still giving up four runs an outing. The Pirates will be winning this one.</p><p><b>Final Athletics-Pirates Prediction &amp; Pick: Pirates -1.5 (-126) </b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Athletics vs. Pirates prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/6/2023

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/athletics-vs-pirates-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-6-5-2023');   ga('set', 'title', 'Athletics vs. Pirates prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/5/2023');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Athletics_vs._Pirates_prediction_odds_pick_how_to_watch.jpg"></figure><h1>Athletics vs. Pirates prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/5/2023</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-05T07:33:43-07:00">June 5th, 7:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-05T07:33:43-07:00">June 5th, 7:33am</time><address><a>Bryan Logan</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It is the opening of an interleague series as the Oakland Athletics visit the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with an Athletics-Pirates prediction, pick, and how to watch.</p><p>The Athletics enter the game losers of four straight, after being swept by the Marlins. On that series, they were outscored by a large margin. The Marlins scored 23 runs in the three games, while the A’s scored just six. The Athletics have now just won two of their last 17 games, sitting with a 12-49 record on the season. Meanwhile, the Pirates come in riding a five-game win streak, including a sweep of the Cardinals over the weekend. They are 31-27 on the season and sit just a half-game behind the Brewers for first in the NL Central.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Athletics-Pirates <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Ahtletics-Pirates Odds</b></h2><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (-140)</p><p>Pittsburgh Pirates: -1.5 (+116)</p><p>Over: 8.5 (-120)</p><p>Under: 8.5 (-102)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Athletics vs. Pirates</b></h2><p>TV: NBCSCA/ATTP</p><p>Stream: MLB.TV</p><p>Time: 7:05 PM ET/ 4:05 PM PT</p><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>The Athletics are on pace to be the worst team in MLB history. Since 1901, the New York Mets have had the most losses, with 120 losses in the year. The Athletics are on pace for 130. The worst winning percentage since then belongs to the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics, at .235. The Athletics’ current winning percentage is .197. To get to a lower winning percentage than that, you would have to go back to the 1899 Cleveland Spiders in the National League. They went 20-134 that year, with a .130 winning percentage. The team would fold after the season. The Athletics will not be folding after this year but will be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-first-look-proposed-las-vegas-stadium-renderings" rel="noopener">setting up to move to Las Vegas,</a> where they hope to find more success.</p><p>A major reason for the poor showings this year is the offense. They are last in the league in runs scored, batting average, and slugging percentage while sitting second to last in on-base percentage. Amidst the futility, there are bright spots. Ramon Laureano has been hitting well as of late. In the last week, he is hitting .389 with four RBIs and three runs scored. This has been a nice turnaround in the recent stretch of games. He hit just .196 in May, but it starting to pick up his bat. In the same situation is Shea Langeliers. Langeliers is hitting .313 over the last week with two RBIs and two runs scored. He hit just .200 in May, so he is also starting to play better.</p><p>On the mound, today for the Athletics will be JP Sears. Sears is 0-3 with a 4.37 ERA on the season. He was much better in May though. He started six games over the month and had a 2.94 ERA in 33.2 innings of work. Still, he came away with five no decisions-and one loss in the month.</p><h2><b>Why The Pirates Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>The Pirates offense has been middle of the pack this year in many categories. They are 16th in batting average, 13th in on-base percentage, and 15th in slugging. It has not produced a lot of runs this year though, as they sit 21st in runs scored. They are scoring just 4.4 runs per game for the season, but in this winning streak, they are picking that up. They have scored 24 runs in the last five games, which is good for 4.8 runs per game. The Pirates have also pitched well in there, allowing just 14 runs in the last five games.</p><p>Hoping to keep the good pitching going is Johan Ovideo. Ovideo is 3-4 on the season with a 4.50 ERA. In his last start, he went 4.1 innings, giving up just one run. It was his third time in the last four starts that he gave up just one run in a start. It seems like the early season struggles are starting to be resolved for Ovideo. In his last four games, he has a 2.57 ERA.</p><p>The hottest bat on the team right now belongs to Ke’Bryan Hayes. Hayes is hitting .450 in the last week with two home runs and seven RBIs. In the series against the Cardinals, he went seven for 11 with two home runs and five RBIs in the series. He also has a 1.909 OPS in the series. Joining him in a having a great series was Carlos Santana. Santana hit just .165 in May, but in the Cardinals series, he was four for 11 with three RBIs.</p><h2><b>Final Athletics-Pirates Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The Pirates did not have a good month of May but have been turning things around as of late. The Athletics are still awful. Even if Sears has a good outing, the bullpen is the worst in the majors. This year, the Athletics have a bullpen ERA of 6.16, the worst in the majors by over a run. With the Pirates starting to hit better, take them in this game.</p><p><b>Final Athletics-Pirates Prediction &amp; Pick: Pirates -1.5 (+116) </b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Athletics vs. Pirates prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/5/2023

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/athletics-vs-marlins-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-6-2-2023');   ga('set', 'title', 'Athletics vs. Marlins prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/2/2023');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Athletics_vs._Marlins_prediction_odds_pick_how_to_watch.jpg"></figure><h1>Athletics vs. Marlins prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/2/2023</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-02T06:20:51-07:00">June 2nd, 6:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-02T06:20:51-07:00">June 2nd, 6:20am</time><address><a>Bryan Logan</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It is a weekend interleague series between the Oakland Athletics and Miami Marlins. It is time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with an Athletics-Marlins prediction, pick, and how to watch.</p><p>The Athletics nearly pulled off the impossible, coming close to sweeping a three-game series with the Braves. They lost game three, but still took two of three from one of the best teams in baseball. The A’s had lost 11 straight games before that series and now have won just their second series of the season. The Marlins lost two of three games to the Padres, falling 10-1 yesterday. They are 5-5 in their last ten games and sit at 29-28 on the season.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Athletics-Marlins <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Athletics-Marlins Odds</b></h2><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (-122)</p><p>Miami Marlins: -1.5 (+102)</p><p>Over: 8.5 (-115)</p><p>Under: 8.5 (-105)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Athletics vs. Marlins</b></h2><p>TV: NBCSA/BSFL</p><p>Stream: MLB.TV</p><p>Time: 6:40 PM ET/ 3:40 PM PT</p><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>The Athletics hold the worst offense in the majors. They are last in runs scored and batting average this year. They are in the bottom three in on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The seven runs they scored in the first game of the Braves series was the first time they had scored more than four runs since May 17th in a win over the Diamondbacks. In between those two games, they lost 11 times, and scored three or fewer runs in each of those games.</p><p>Ryan Noda has been leading the offense as of late. In the past week, he has drivien in four runs, with two home runs and hitting .222. Noda has shown his most power against right-handed pitching this year. He is hitting .238 against right-handed pitching while hitting five home runs and 15 RBIs. Also showing power against right handed pitching is Brent Rooker. He has struggled recently, hitting under .200 over the last month. Still, he had six home runs and 20 RBIs against right-handed pitching. If he can show a little more power today, the Athletics may be able to keep this game close.</p><p>The Athletics will be sending Shintaro Fujinami to the mound today.  Fujinami is 2-5 on the year with a 12.00 ERA. His first four appearances of the season were as a starter before he was moved to the bullpen. In those four starts, he was 0-4 with a 14.40 ERA. In two of those starts, he gave up eight runs in just 2.1 innings of work. His best start of the year was six innings and giving up three runs, but still took the loss.</p><h2><b>Why The Marlins Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>The Marlins needs to figure out how to get runs across the plate. They are batting well oferall, sitting ninth in the majors with a .257 batting average. They are 27th in runs though, due to a .244 batting average with runners in scoring position. Miami is 23rd in the league in those situations and strikes out the 6th most in the majors with runners in scoring position.</p><p>While the team as a whole has struggled with runners in scoring position, Luis Arraez has not. He is hitting .405 with runners in scoring position on the year and has driven in 19 runs in those situations. Arraez leads the majors with a .382 batting average on the season. He did leave the game Thursday with a leg injury and is considered day-to-day. If he cannot go in this one, that will be a major loss for this offense. The offense is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/marlins-players-fans-fed-up-with-2023" rel="noopener">already missing Jazz Chisholm</a> and cannot afford to lose too many more bats. If Arraez is out, Jorge Soler will need to pick up the slack. He is tied for third in the majors with 17 home runs on the season. Over the last month, he has hit 12 home runs and driven in 25 runs.</p><p>Edward Cabrera will take the mound today for the Marlins. He is 3-4 with a 5.02 ERA this season. He has given up two or more runs in each of his last five starts and struggled with command at times this year. Cabrera has six starts this year where he has walked four or more batters. The command will be key for Cabrera today. If he can keep the ball in the strike zone, he should be able to get outs against this poor Athletics offense.</p><h2><b>Final Athletics-Marlins Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The Athletics send the worst offense in baseball onto the field today. To make matters worse, they send a pitcher with a 12.00 ERA and 1.97 WHIP to the mound. When moved to the bullpen in May, his ERA improved. His ERA improved with a month in which he had a 10.50 ERA. The Marlins may not be the best-scoring team in the majors, but they do hit well. They will easily get enough hits today to do some damage. They win this one with ease.</p><p><b>Final Athletics-Marlins Prediction &amp; Pick: Marlins -1.5 (+102) </b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Athletics vs. Marlins prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 6/2/2023

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Can the Oakland Athletics (12-45) complete the sweep, or will the Braves exit Oakland with a win? This game will continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Braves-Athletics prediction and pick while letting you know how to watch, as well.</p><p>The Braves are hitting just .161 in this series. Austin Riley, Kevin Pillar and Matt Olson have combined for six of Atlanta’s 10 hits. Pillar and Olson have homered while Pillar also has a double. The Braves have only scored three runs in the series and Pillar and Olson have combined for all three. On the mound, the Braves have given up eight earned runs in 16 1/3 innings pitched. They have 13 strikeouts, but 10 walks, so the pitching staff has struggled to find the zone. Atlanta will need both their offense and pitching to step up if they want to avoid being swept.</p><p>The Athletics are getting production from Esteury Ruiz in the series. He is 3-6 with two walks and two RBI. Oakland only has one extra base hit in the series and that has come in the form of a home run by Ryan Noda. Ruiz and Noda have combined for five of the eight RBI in the series. On the mound, the Athletics have been outstanding. They have a 0.72 WHIP and their bullpen has allowed just one run on two hits in seven innings pitched. The Athletics will need their pitching staff to stay in control in this game if they want to complete the upset and sweep the Braves.</p><p>Jared Shuster and James Kaprielian are the starting pitchers in this game.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Braves-Athletics <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Braves-Athletics Odds</b></h2><p>Atlanta Braves: -1.5 (-146)</p><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (+122)</p><p>Over: 9.5 (+100)</p><p>Under: 9.5 (-122)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Braves vs. Athletics</b></h2><p>TV: Bally Sports South, NBC Sports California</p><p>Stream: MLB TV Subscription</p><p>Time: 3:37 PM ET/12:37 PM PT</p><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Braves Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>Atlanta is facing a struggling pitcher. Kaprielian has a 1.88 WHIP in 33 innings pitched. He has allowed at least three earned runs in seven of his nine outings. Looking at the advanced stats, Kaprielian is well below average in average exit velocity, xBA, xSLG, walk percentage, and xERA. Kaprielian allows hitters to crush the ball off him and the Braves offense will not stay cold for long. Atlanta needs their bats to get hot in this game and they have the right matchup to do so.</p><p>The Athletics have the worst batting average in the MLB. They are also bottom three in OPS, strikeouts, and runs scored. Shuster should be able to pitch a good game. Braves starters have actually pitched well, especially Bryce Elder, so there is a path for Shuster to shut down the Athletics. If he can pitch a good game, he should give the Braves enough of a cushion to build a lead.</p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>Oakland has been pitching lights out this series. It is not what one would expect the Athletics to do with how they have performed this season. Their game plan is clearly working and Kaprielian needs to stick to it. He has been a lot better in the month of May than April, so if he can continue pitching decent, he should keep the Athletics within striking distance.</p><h2><b>Final Braves-Athletics Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The Braves being swept by the Athletics seems highly unlikely. Atlanta should come into this game with energy and play well enough to avoid the sweep. Not to mention, the Athletics are 1-8 when Kaprielian pitches. Expect the Braves to cover the spread in this one.</p><p><b>Final Braves-Athletics Prediction &amp; Pick: Braves -1.5 (-146), Under 9.5 (-122)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Braves vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 5/31/2023

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/braves-vs-athletics-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-5-30-2023');   ga('set', 'title', 'Braves vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 5/30/2023');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Braves-vs.-Athletics-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch.jpg"></figure><h1>Braves vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 5/30/2023</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-30T11:45:22-07:00">May 30th, 11:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-30T11:56:51-07:00">May 30th, 11:56am</time><address><a>Griffin Conant</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>One of the best teams in all of baseball will face off with one of the worst as the Atlanta Braves travel to the Bay Area to take on the Oakland Athletics for some Tuesday evening action. Join us for our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> where our Braves-Athletics prediction and pick will be made.</p><p>Believe it or not, even a broken clock is right twice a day! On Monday, it proved to be the Braves that ended up on the short end of the stick in the disastrous 7-2 loss to the Athletics. Nevertheless, Atlanta will send out righty Bryce Elder who is a perfect 3-0 with a rock-solid 2.05 ERA up to this point.</p><p>In surprising fashion, it was Oakland that was able to snap an eleven-game losing streak with the big-time victory over Atlanta on Monday. While their 11-45 record overall is bad enough to make someone nauseous and with many baseball analysts around the sport saying that this collective squad is one of the worst they’ve ever seen, credit the A’s with blocking out the noise and taking care of business. In line for the start in game two of this series will be the lefty J.P Sears.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Braves-Athletics <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Braves-Athletics Odds</b></h2><p>Atlanta Braves: -1.5 (-142)</p><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (+118)</p><p>Over: 9 (+100)</p><p>Under: 9 (-122)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Braves vs. Athletics</b></h2><p>TV: NBC Sports California</p><p>Stream: MLB.TV</p><p>Time: 9:40 ET/6:40 PT</p><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Braves Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>Everything that could’ve possibly went wrong did for the Braves on Monday, as Atlanta was absolutely stunned in shocking fashion. Losers in three of their past four games overall, it proved to be the inconsistency of the offense that eventually did the Braves in. During the 7-2 loss, Atlanta went a measly 1-8 with runners in scoring position as they were kept off-balanced by Oakland’s pitching staff all night long. For a team that boasts one of the top offenses in all of the land, it should not be expected that the Braves will be as lackluster as they were 24 hours ago.</p><p>Another reason that the Braves will bounce back and cover the spread in a big way will be due to the fabulous Bryce Elder who has been nearly un-hittable so far this season. On paper, we last saw Elder in a six-inning outing that resulted in surrendering only a lone run versus the Dodgers. In addition, Elder has the third-lowest ERA in all of baseball and possesses an extremely sturdy 3.19 strikeout-to-walk ratio in ten starts this season. Simply put, riding the hot hand in Elder is Atlanta’s best shot at exacting revenge upon Oakland later this evening.</p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>There’s the good, the bad, the ugly, and then the Oakland Athletics. All jokes aside, Oakland is on pace to be one of the worst teams in the history of Major League Baseball as they continue to fall further and further behind the eight-ball. Still, props to Oakland for putting their eleven-game losing streak behind them by stringing together one of their more complete performances of the season en route to defeating Atlanta.</p><p>In order to cover the spread in back-to-back nights, Oakland will need to pull off the difficult task of keeping Atlanta’s ferocious lineup at the plate at bay once again. Alas, the challenge of this will prove to be daunting, but at least starting pitcher JP Sears has stepped up his game recently which is encouraging for those brave enough to wager upon the A’s. At first glance, Sears has posted a 3.25 ERA in his previous five starts covering 27 1/3 innings pitched. Clearly, Sears is on a mission of late, and with how undependable the A’s bats have been this season, it may solely be up to him to lead Oakland to a covering of the spread.</p><p>After making numerous roster moves prior to Monday’s game, be on the lookout for Jonah Bride who singled twice in his first game since being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas. Without a doubt, Bride seems to be a promising prospect with tremendous upside and could be in store for yet another stellar night from the plate if he is yet again locked in from the opening pitch.</p><h2><b>Final Braves-Athletics Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>It doesn’t take long to make a decision on who to side with in this one. Remember, the A’s are 21-35 ATS this season and have not won back-to-back games since a May 5th-6th matchup with the Kansas City Royals. With that being said, hammer the Braves spread with confidence.</p><p><b>Final Braves-Athletics Prediction &amp; Pick: Braves -1.5 (-142)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Braves vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 5/30/2023

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavs-news-mark-cuban-team-owners-dont-sell-when-losing-amid-athletics-nightmare-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mark Cuban drops truth bomb on why team owners don’t sell when losing amid Athletics’ nightmare season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Mavs-news-Mark-Cuban-drops-truth-bomb-on-why-team-owners-don_t-sell-when-losing-amid-Athletics_-nightmare-season.jpg"><figcaption>05/29/2023</figcaption></figure><h1>Mark Cuban drops truth bomb on why team owners don’t sell when losing amid Athletics’ nightmare season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-29T16:25:03-07:00">May 29th, 4:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-29T16:25:03-07:00">May 29th, 4:25pm</time><address><a>Anthony Riccobono</a>Anthony Riccobono has been a sports reporter for over a decade. He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mark Cuban drops truth bomb on why team owners don’t sell when losing amid Athletics’ nightmare season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/athletics-news-nightmare-season-continues-jesus-aguilar-release');   ga('set', 'title', 'Athletics’ nightmare season continues with shocking move for former All-Star');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/athletics-news-oaklands-nightmate-season-continues-with-shocking-move-for-former-all-star.jpg"></figure><h1>Athletics’ nightmare season continues with shocking move for former All-Star</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-29T08:15:06-07:00">May 29th, 8:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-29T08:15:06-07:00">May 29th, 8:15am</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Oakland Athletics are off to a brutal 10-45 start as they are on the verge of making unfortunate MLB history. They are also officially <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-oakland-pace-30-132-worst-record-ever" rel="noopener">moving to Las Vegas</a> in the future, and things just aren’t going well for this ball club. Now, the A’s are <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielAlvarezEE/status/1663184719876374528" rel="noopener">releasing</a> former All-Star Jesus Aguilar, per Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extrabase.</p><p>‘The Oakland #Athletics are designating 1B/DH Jesús Aguilar for assignment, sources tell  @ElExtrabase.’ </p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/marlins-news-miami-makes-surprising-jesus-aguilar-decision" rel="noopener">veteran slugger</a> is now headed for the open market after a tough start to the season. Aguilar has played in 36 games for the A’s, hitting just .221 with five home runs and nine RBI. Nonetheless, Aguilar should have no problem finding a spot on another MLB roster, at least as a bench guy. The question now becomes which team, if any, decides to take a chance on the former All-Star.</p><p>The A’s haven’t won a game in nearly two weeks, and it got so bad that the Houston Astros Twitter account <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-houston-savagely-roasts-athletics-for-abysmal-attendance-after-dominant-win" rel="noopener">trolled them</a> during Sunday’s game in a now-deleted post. The fans haven’t been coming out, and the team just hasn’t been able to win games, although the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-first-look-proposed-las-vegas-stadium-renderings" rel="noopener">proposed Las Vegas stadium</a> sure has a lot of eyeballs on it already.</p><p>With Aguilar now out of town, Ryan Noda should be the everyday guy at first base with some other guys slotting in at designated hitter. Aguilar can still provide some boost at the plate, and he hit 16 home runs in 2022 with the Baltimore Orioles and Miami Marlins before he came to Oakland in the offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Athletics’ nightmare season continues with shocking move for former All-Star

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-houston-savagely-roasts-athletics-for-abysmal-attendance-after-dominant-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Astros savagely roast Athletics for abysmal attendance after dominant win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Astros-Yordan-Alvarez-Athletics-Tony-Kemp.jpeg"></figure><h1>Astros savagely roast Athletics for abysmal attendance after dominant win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-29T05:48:52-07:00">May 29th, 5:48am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-29T05:48:52-07:00">May 29th, 5:48am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros have started looking like one of the best teams in baseball again, winning eight of their last 10 games and creeping up behind the Texas Rangers in the AL West standings. Meanwhile, the division-rival Oakland Athletics remain the very worst team in MLB.</p><p>The Astros smacked the Athletics around on their home turf on Sunday, winning 10-1 with 13 hits and seven home runs. Oakland managed just six total hits on the day. After the game, the Astros’ Twitter account flamed the Athletics, with a clip of a Yordan Alvarez home run captioned “10 runs in front of tens of fans.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">10 runs in front of tens of fans. <a href="https://t.co/8gTcs778mE">pic.twitter.com/8gTcs778mE</a></p><p>— Houston Astros (@astros) <a href="https://twitter.com/astros/status/1662951102600339460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The empty outfield bleachers show precisely what the Astros are getting at. Attendance at Athletics games this season is indeed very bad, hosting <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2023-misc.shtml#teams_miscellaneous::2" rel="noopener">less than 9,000 fans per game</a> while no other team is below 12,000 per game. The team on the field is putrid as the ownership group, led by John Fisher, looks to cut costs and fan interest so that it can <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-major-problems-oakland-las-vegas-stadium-rendering" rel="noopener">relocate the franchise to Las Vegas</a>.</p><p>The Athletics players and coaches are essentially being held back from winning due to their ownership being cheap and hellbent on moving the team. All the losing that they have done is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-oakland-pace-30-132-worst-record-ever" rel="noopener">not sitting well</a> with them. Selling off the many star players that have come up through the ranks leaves the team in a rut that seems impossible to dig out of.</p><p>While the Athletics look to break an 11-game losing streak, the Astros will keep trying to string together victories and try to make it back to the World Series.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Astros savagely roast Athletics for abysmal attendance after dominant win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-athletics-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-5-28-2023');   ga('set', 'title', 'Astros vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 5/28/2023');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Astros-vs.-Athletics-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Astros vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 5/28/2023</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-28T06:39:46-07:00">May 28th, 6:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-28T06:39:46-07:00">May 28th, 6:39am</time><address><a>Cameron Zunkel</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros (30-21) look to complete the sweep as they take on the Oakland Athletics (10-44) Sunday afternoon. This game will continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Astros-Athletics prediction and pick while we let you know how to watch, as well.</p><p>Game one of this series was won by the Astros after a solid pitching performance from Hunter Brown. Brown went seven innings, allowed two runs on four hits and struck out 10 to earn his fifth win of the season. Ryan Pressly struck out the side in the ninth and notched his ninth save of the year. At the plate, Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker and Corey Julks each had two hits while Jake Meyers collected the other hit. Julks finished the game with three RBI. For Oakland, Seth Brown hit a home run and collected both RBI. The Athletics’ bullpen finished the game with four innings pitched, no runs allowed and four strikeouts.</p><p>Game two was not much different than game one. Framber Valdez set the tone for Houston as he went six innings, allowed one run on four hits and struck out five. Jeremy Pena hit a first inning home run and finished the day with two hits and two RBI. Bregman had three hits and three RBI while Altuve collected two more hits of his own. Shea Langeliers had two hits for the Athletics and two RBI. Hogan Harris was outstanding on the mound in this one. He went five innings, allowed just one hit and struck out five.</p><p>The starting pitchers in this game are Cristian Javier and Luis Medina.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Astros-Athletics <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB odds</a>, </i></b><b><i>courtesy of FanDuel.</i></b><b><i> </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Astros-Athletics Odds</b></h2><p>Houston Astros: -1.5 (-154)</p><p>Oakland Athletics: +1.5 (+128)</p><p>Over: 8 (-115)</p><p>Under: 8 (-105)</p><h2><b>How To Watch Astros vs. Athletics</b></h2><p>TV: AT&amp;T SportsNet Southwest, NBC Sports California</p><p>Stream: MLB TV Subscription</p><p>Time: 4:07 PM ET/1:07 PM PT</p><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(click for a free trial)*</a></b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Astros Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>Javier has been having a great season and the Astros perform well when he is on the mound. In his 10 starts, Houston has a record of 8-2 and they have covered a -1.5 spread in seven of those 10 starts. In the month of May, Javier has taken his game to another level. He has a 2.52 ERA in 25 innings pitched while allowing just 12 hits and striking out 29. The Athletics have the worst batting average in the MLB coming into this game, so Javier should have no problem shutting them down. Oakland has also struck out the third most times in the MLB, so Javier has a chance to rack up the strikeouts as he shuts down the Athletics.</p><h2><b>Why The Athletics Could Cover The Spread</b></h2><p>Houston does not hit for a lot of power outside of Yordan Alvarez. Luis Medina has allowed seven home runs in four starts this season, but he should not be worried in this one. Medina needs to attack the zone and go right after the Astros lineup. In each of his four starts, Medina has lasted at least five innings. He had a rough outing in his first start, but the rest of his starts have been respectable. Medina will need to shutdown the Astros as much as possible in this game because he will not get a lot of run support. If Medina can hold the Astros to two or three runs, the Athletics will cover this spread.</p><h2><b>Final Astros-Athletics Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>More times than not, you will win if you bet against the Athletics. Oakland is just 20-34 against the spread this season and Houston has covered in both games this series. Expect the Astros to roll through the Athletics and complete the sweep Sunday, especially with Cristian Javier on the mound.</p><p><b>Final Astros-Athletics Prediction &amp; Pick: Astros -1.5 (-154), Over 8 (-115)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Astros vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick, how to watch – 5/28/2023

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Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Oakland Athletics are on pace to set the worst record ever during the course of a 162-game season. Their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-ken-rosenthal-oakland-josh-fisher-las-vegas" rel="noopener">frustrations have been well-documented</a> in 2023, with the team currently holding an abysmal 10-44 record. This <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1662601840066789378" rel="noopener">team is on pace</a> to finish the season with a 30-132 record, per Talkin’ Baseball. Their losing ways have only added more fuel to the fire around a potential move to Las Vegas, where the team is looking to build <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-first-look-proposed-las-vegas-stadium-renderings" rel="noopener">a $1.5 billion dollar stadium</a>.</p><p>It was just a couple of years ago that Oakland was a competitive ball club. They used their tactics to build a winning roster despite not featuring much all-around star-power in similar fashion to other small-market teams like the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians. Ahead of the 2022 season though, the A’s decided to enter a complete rebuild. Oakland proceeded to trade just about every notable name on their roster which has led to their forgettable 2023 performance.</p><p>The Athletics’ front office has placed manager Mark Kotsay in an impossible situation. Even if he was the best manager in baseball, finding ways to win would be incredibly difficult with Oakland’s uninspiring active roster.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-news-mark-kotsay-blame-2023-season" rel="noopener">Kotsay recently commented on the A’s</a> season in 2023, deciding to shoulder the blame.</p><p>“For me, personally, it’s hard not to feel this is all of my fault, that the losing is 100% my responsibility,” Kotsay <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2023/05/21/as-nationals-among-rebuilding-mlb-teams-being-put-to-ultimate-test/70240619007/" rel="noopener">said</a> previously, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. “I beat myself up over this day in and day out. I don’t know how to hide it. It’s a constant struggle.”</p><p>Kotsay’s comments are respectable, as managers tend to take blame when their team struggles, but this is simply out of his control. 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