Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels - 9/28/22 MLB Picks and Prediction

The Oakland Athletics have scored 17 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 of their last 10 games. The Athletics have won 5 of their last 8 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Sean Murphy leads the Athletics with 130 hits and 66 RBI, while Tony Kemp and Seth Brown have combined for 221 hits and 111 RBI. Adrian Martinez gets the ball, and he is 4-5 with a 6.10 ERA and 44 strikeouts this season. This will be Martinez’s first career game against the Angels.

The Los Angeles Angels have scored 18 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 6 of their last 9 games. The Angels have won 6 of their last 7 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Shohei Ohtani leads the Angels with 151 hits and 93 RBI, while Taylor Ward and Luis Rengifo have combined for 251 hits and 110 RBI. Michael Lorenzen gets the ball, and he is 7-6 with a 4.78 ERA and 70 strikeouts this season. Lorenzen is 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA and 12 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.

The Athletics are 3-8 in their last 11 road games and 7-16 in their last 23 overall. The Angels are 5-2 in their last 7 home games and 11-24 in their last 35 during game 2 of a series. The over is 4-0 in Athletics last 4 overall. The over is 4-1 in Angels last 5 overall. The Athletics are 12-5 in the last 17 meetings in Los Angeles and 2-6 in the last 8 meetings.

The Oakland Athletics look like a team that's given up on the season, and Adrian Martinez has been horrible this year through 48.2 innings. Michael Lorenzen has been at his best at home, where he has a 3.09 ERA and .200 allowed batting average. The Los Angeles Angels offense has also been hot this week. The only option for me here is to side with the Angels and somewhat reasonable price.