The Athletics will offer up rookie Daniel Mengden (0-3, 3.00 ERA) to the red-hot Giants in an interleague matchup Monday that will see the Shark, Jeff Samardzija, pitch against one of his former teams.
- The Giants are 7-1 in their last 8 games at home.
- The Giants are 12-2 in their last 14 games against teams with losing records.
- The Athletics are 2-7 in their last nine games against the National League.
Samardzija has been great since his move back to the Bay Area, seeing his ERA drop from 4.96 in 2015 to 3.59 this year. In five starts in San Francisco this year, the Shark is 3-1 with a 3.06 ERA. The righty has been as inconsistent lately as my ability to correctly spell his last name. He lasted just three innings in his last outing, allowing six runs. This touch-up came on the heels of a complete-game win against the Rays.
Mengden has lost all three of his first Major League games after being called up from Triple-A Nashville. He has pitched decent enough, posting two quality starts in his short tenure with the big club, but has received hardly any run support from an Oakland team that is 26th in runs scored.
Sportsbook Odds & Computer Pick
The San Francisco Giants were listed as -170 moneyline favorites earlier in the day at Sportsbook, while odds makers set the Sportsbook total line around 7.5 earlier at Sportsbook.
Prediction-scoring formulas run on this game pick a potential 6.8-4.1 result in favor of the Giants. View the computer score prediction and who will win the pick on the moneyline for all upcoming MLB matchups here.
Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants Matchup
Team Betting Records & Power Rankings
San Francisco (49-28) will face the 32-43 Athletics in this tilt. Stay Informed: follow us on Twitter for odds specials, betting line moves and San Francisco vs Oakland injuries news.
The San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics odds would favor the Giants if the betting lines were set according to our power ranks. San Francisco is rated No. 3 in the current Odds Shark poll, while Oakland is at No. 19.
Statistical Matchup
Scoring stats point to some edges in this matchup. The game features the San Francisco Giants No. 11-ranked scoring average of 4.62 runs per game, against a Oakland Athletics offense rated No. 26 and scoring 4.01 runs per game. The Giants have averaged 8.94 hits per game to date this season, more than the Athletics hitters have managed (8.61 per nine innings).
San Francisco owns the No. 5 defense, allowing 4.62 men per game to cross the plate. That contrasts with Oakland's No. 23-rated defense.
Recent Outings Betting Recap
Oakland didn't get the job done in their last match, falling 7-6 to Los Angeles on Sunday at Angel Stadium.
The Giants enjoyed a 8-7 victory at the expense of the Phillies on Sunday, with J Cueto throwing 0.2 innings of 2-hit ball at AT&T Park.
- Oakland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
- Oakland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
- Oakland is 7-14 SU in its last 21 games
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games
- San Francisco is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Francisco's last 6 games
- San Francisco is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
- San Francisco is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Next Betting Matchups
Oakland at San Francisco, Tuesday, June 28th
