LA Angels vs Oakland Athletics Prediction MLB Picks 7/20/24

Athletics Offense is Surging 

The Oakland Athletics are 38-61 this season and they have won three of their last four games. Oakland won game one in this series by a score of 13-3 on Friday night. Prior to this series, the Athletics won two out of three against the Phillies, lost two out of three against the Red Sox, and lost two out of three against the Orioles. Oakland is 8-5 in their last 13 games, but they are last in the AL West standings. 

The Oakland pitching staff has a 4.43 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and a .257 opponent batting average. The Athletics offense has scored 403 runs with a .228 batting average and a .300 on base percentage. Brent Rooker is batting .291 with 21 home runs and 62 RBI’s for the Athletics this season. Oakland has scored at least five runs in six of their last seven games and they have scored a total of 31 runs in their last two games. 

Starting Pitchers

The projected starting pitcher for LA is Jack Kochanowicz, who is 0-1 with a 12.00 ERA and a 2.33 WHIP over 3.0 innings pitched this year. Kochanowicz allowed four earned runs and seven hits in three innings against the Mariners in his first outing. The projected starting pitcher for Oakland is Mitch Spence, who is 5-6 with a 4.75 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP over 63.0 innings pitched this season. Spence has allowed at least four earned runs in three of his last four starts.  

Why the Athletics will beat the Angels 

• The Angels have lost each of their last 10 games at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against teams that held a losing record.
• The home team has won 15 of the last 16 games between the Angels and Athletics.
• The Angels have failed to cover the run line each of their last 10 games at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against American League opponents that held a losing record.
• The Athletics have covered the run line in each of their last seven home games against the Angels.
• The Athletics have led after 5 innings in each of their last five games against American League opponents that held a losing record.

Why the Angels will beat the Athletics

• The Angels have won each of their last three games as underdogs after playing the previous day.
• The Athletics have lost nine of their last 10 day games against American League opponents following a win.
• The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six Saturday day games as favorites against American League opponents.
• The Angels have covered the run line in five of their last six games as underdogs after playing the previous day.

Total Runs Facts

• Each of the Angels' last five road games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• Each of the Athletics' last four day games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
• The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the last six games between the Angels and Athletics.
• The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Angels' last six road games against American League opponents.

Oakland Athletics Player Prop Facts

• Shea Langeliers has hit a home run in three of the Athletics' last four home games.
• Shea Langeliers has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Athletics' last four home games against AL opponents.
• Brent Rooker has recorded at least one Single in six of the Athletics' last seven games as home favorites.
• Brent Rooker has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last four appearances in day games against AL West teams that held a losing record.
• Shea Langeliers has scored a run in each of his last four home appearances against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
• Brent Rooker has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 home appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.

Los Angeles Angels Player Prop Facts

• Anthony Rendon has recorded an RBI in five of his last six appearances in day games against AL West teams that held a losing record.
• Anthony Rendon has recorded at least one Single in eight of his last nine appearances with the Angels as road underdogs.
• Mike Trout has recorded a Double in four of his last five road appearances against the Athletics.
• Luis Rengifo has recorded at least one total base in each of his last eight appearances in day games.
• Mike Trout has scored a run in each of his last seven Saturday day appearances against AL West teams that held a losing record.
• Luis Rengifo has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances with the Angels as road underdogs against the Athletics.
• Luis Rengifo has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight appearances in day games.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Oakland Athletics rank 28th in the league for strikeouts this season (745).
• The Oakland Athletics rank 27th in the league for hits this season (754).
• The Los Angeles Angels rank 27th in the league for RBI's this season (361).
• The Los Angeles Angels rank 27th in the league for strikeouts this season (750).

LA Angels vs Oakland Athletics Prediction 

Oakland comes into this game last in the AL West standings, but they have played pretty well over the last two weeks. The Athletics have scored 18 and 13 runs in their last two games and they play their best baseball at home, where they are 23-25 on the year. Los Angeles is 19-27 on the road and their pitching staff has the second worst team ERA in the MLB. I really don’t love this pitching matchup and I think we are going to see plenty of runs, so my LA Angels vs Oakland Athletics prediction is for this game to go over the total.