New York Yankees (20-17) vs Oakland Athletics (8-29)
Game Info: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 12:35 pm (Yankee Stadium)
Jhony Brito (2-3) (6.07) vs Kyle Muller (1-2) (6.62)
Betting Odds: New York Yankees -240 / Oakland Athletics +190 --- Over/Under: 9.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Oakland Athletics will play the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their series on Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Athletics Preview
The Oakland Athletics are 8-29 this season and they have lost six of their last eight games. Prior to losing the first two games in this series, Oakland won two out of three games against Kansas City. The Oakland pitching staff has a 7.31 ERA, a 1.72 WHIP, and a .288 opponent batting average this year. The Athletics offense has scored 144 runs with a .233 batting average and a .313 on base percentage. Brent Rooker is batting .313 with 10 home runs and 26 RBI’s for the Athletics. The projected starting pitcher for Oakland is Kyle Muller, who is 1-2 with a 6.62 ERA and a 1.94 WHIP over 34.0 innings pitched this season.
Yankees Preview
The New York Yankees are 20-17 this season and they have won three of their last four games. New York has won the first two games in this series by scores of 7-2 and 10-5. The New York pitching staff has a 3.60 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and a .224 opponent batting average. The Yankees offense has scored 157 runs with a .233 batting average and a .303 on base percentage this season. Anthony Rizzo is batting .296 with six home runs and 16 RBI’s for the Yankees. The projected starting pitcher for New York is Jhony Brito, who is 2-3 with a 6.08 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP over 26.2 innings pitched this year.
Trends
Oakland is 1-4 in their last 5 Wednesday games and 1-6 in their last 7 game three’s of a series. The over is 15-5 in Oakland’s last 20 road games. New York is 38-13 in their last 51 Wednesday games and 8-3 in their last 11 game three’s of a series. The under is 6-1 in New York’s last 7 Wednesday games. Oakland is 2-7 in these two teams last 9 head to head meetings.
Pick
New York comes into this game looking for the series sweep and will face an Oakland team that has been terrible this season. New York is starting Jhony Brito, who has allowed nine earned runs over his last 11.1 innings pitched. Oakland is starting Kyle Muller, who has allowed at least four earned runs in four of his last five starts. I like the Yankees to win this game by at least two runs.
David’s Pick Yankees -1.5
AUTHOR: David Racey
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