The Oakland Athletics are winners of five straight series but will put that record on the line when they pay a visit to the San Francisco Giants for the middle contest of their three-game interleague set at AT&T Park. Sportsbooks opened the A’s as +106 road underdogs with a total of 8.5.
- The Athletics are 6-1 SU in their last seven interleague games.
- The Giants are 1-4 in Samardzija's last five home starts.
- The OVER is 9-1-2 in the last 12 meetings between the A's and Giants.
Anderson hasn’t skipped a beat since returning from the DL
Brett Anderson and Jeff Samardzija are slated to get the ball in this one. Anderson (1-2, 5.75 ERA) scattered three hits over five scoreless innings in a victory at Cleveland in his return from a lengthy trip to the disabled list in his last appearance. The 30-year-old hadn’t pitched since May 18. Anderson has made nine career starts vs San Fran, going 2-4 with a 4.53 ERA.
Samardzija (1-5, 6.42) took the loss against St. Louis last Saturday after surrendering three runs and seven hits in five innings. The veteran is winless since his season debut vs the Los Angeles Angels. Samardzija owns a 2-2 record and a bloated 7.92 ERA in four career starts vs Oakland.
OVERs the story in this series
Despite being Bay Area neighbors, the Athletics and Giants don’t get together very often, but when they do high scoring affairs tend to follow. The OVER is 9-1-2 in the past 12 meetings between the clubs. The OVER is also 3-1-1 in their past five meetings in San Francisco, and the A’s are 6-18 SU in their past 24 trips to AT&T Park.
