A night after having a Carlos Carrasco start spoiled by a poor night at the dish, the Indians will call upon ace Corey Kluber (7-3, 2.80 ERA) to take on Paul Blackburn (1-0, 0.66 ERA) and the Athletics. Another loss for the Tribe would be their third in a row and would match the Indians’ longest losing streak of the season.
- The A’s current lineup has managed just 13 hits in 67 career at-bats against Corey Kluber.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the Indians’ last 6 games against the Athletics.
- The Athletics are 2-9 on the runline in their last 11 games in Oakland.
Since the beginning of June, Kluber has been on an incredible run. He’s gone 4-1 and given up just eight total runs in his last eight starts in which he’s fanned a lofty sum of 84 batters. The A’s actually kick-started Kluber’s run when they allowed the all-star to pitch six innings of shutout baseball against them in a game the Oak-town batters mustered just two hits and struck out 10 times against the filthy righty.
Oakland’s starter tonight has been a nice surprise for the California club as he’s allowed just one earned run through his first 13.2 innings pitched in the majors. His low strikeout rate, however, limits the rookie’s ceiling and he’ll likely be in for a wake-up call against the hard-hitting Indians.
Sportsbook Odds & Computer Pick
Betting fans looking to pick the Oakland Athletics in this matchup found them as 170 underdogs on the MLB money line at Sportsbook. Betting the OVER/UNDER instead? It was 8 at its open earlier today and hovering near that number at Sportsbook.
OddsShark prediction models pick the Indians to win this game 5.2-2.7. View the computer score prediction and who will win the pick on the moneyline for all upcoming MLB matchups here.
Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics Matchup
Team Betting Records & Power Rankings
Oakland (40-50) will face the 47-41 Indians in this tilt. Stay Informed: follow us on Twitter for odds specials, betting line moves and Oakland vs Cleveland injuries news.
The OddsShark MLB Power Rankings have the Oakland Athletics at No. 16 and the Cleveland Indians at No. 3 heading into this contest.
Statistical Matchup
At the plate, Oakland owns the No. 29 ranking for hits at 7.9 per game. By contrast, the Cleveland Indians are rated No. 12 in the same category at 8.82 per game.
Oakland owns the No. 26 defense, allowing 4.3 men per game to cross the plate. That contrasts with Cleveland's No. 3-rated defense.
Recent Outings Betting Recap
The Indians were shut out in their last start, struggling to get much going against the Oakland staff and losing 5-0 to the Athletics on Friday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
- The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Cleveland's last 19 games
- Cleveland is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games on the road
- Cleveland is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games on the road
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games on the road
- Oakland is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
- Oakland is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games
- Oakland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
- Oakland is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games at home
Next Betting Matchups
Cleveland at Oakland, Sunday, July 16
