Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants Prediction MLB Picks 7/30/24

Giants are Going for Five Straight Wins 

The San Francisco Giants are 53-55 this year and they have won five of their last six games. San Francisco is coming off of a series win against Colorado, where they won all four games by scores of 11-4, 4-1, 5-0, and 5-4. Prior to that series, the Giants lost three out of four against the Dodgers, lost two out of three against the Rockies, and won two out of three against the Twins. San Francisco is 7-6 in their last 13 games and they are fourth in the NL West. 

The San Francisco pitching staff has a 4.35 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP, and a .257 opponent batting average. The Giants offense has scored 477 runs with a .245 batting average and a .316 on base percentage. Matt Chapman is batting .242 with 15 home runs and 48 RBI’s for the Giants this season. San Francisco has scored at least four runs in six straight games. 

Starting Pitchers

The projected starting pitcher for Oakland is JP Sears, who is 7-8 with a 4.81 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP over 112.1 innings pitched this year. Sears has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three of his last four starts, but did allow seven earned runs last time out. The projected starting pitcher for San Francisco is Robbie Ray, who is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA and a 0.40 WHIP over 5.0 innings pitched this season. Ray allowed one earned and two walks over 5.0 innings against the Dodgers in his first start. 

Why the Giants will beat the Athletics

• The Athletics have lost nine of their last 10 road games against NL West opponents.
• The Giants have won each of their last five games at Oracle Park.
• The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight games against National League opponents that held a losing record.
• The home team has covered the run line in each of the last three games between the Athletics and Giants.

Total Runs Facts

• Nine of the Athletics' last 12 night games against NL West opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
• Three of the Giants' last four games against AL West opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
• The 'Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Giants' last four night games at Oracle Park.

San Francisco Giants Player Prop Facts

• Heliot Ramos has hit a home run in four of the Giants' last six home games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Mike Yastrzemski has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last six home appearances.
• Patrick Bailey has recorded at least one Single in each of the Giants' last six games as home favorites against AL opponents.
• Heliot Ramos has recorded at least one RBI in six of the Giants' last seven home games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Mike Yastrzemski has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight appearances with the Giants as favorites.
• Casey Schmitt has scored a run in each of his last four home appearances.

Oakland Athletics Player Prop Facts

• Brent Rooker has hit at least one home run in each of his last four appearances with the Athletics as road underdogs.
• Shea Langeliers has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances with the Athletics as road underdogs.
• Brent Rooker has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last five appearances with the Athletics as road underdogs.
• Brent Rooker has scored at least one run in each of his last four road appearances.
• Brent Rooker has recorded a Single in each of the Athletics' last four night games against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
• Brent Rooker has recorded at least one total base in 19 of his last 20 appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
• Brent Rooker has recorded at least one hit in 19 of his last 20 appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
• JP Sears has recorded a win in three of his last four appearances.
• JP Sears has recorded five or more strikeouts in seven of his last eight appearances with the Athletics as road underdogs against NL opponents.

Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants Prediction 

Oakland comes into this series playing very well and they have won four series in a row. The Athletics are 18-37 on the road, while the Giants are 32-22 at home so far this season. San Francisco was able to take advantage of a bad Colorado team over the weekend and they are just a few games out of a wild card spot. The Giants will start Robbie Ray in this game and he looked great in his 2024 debut against the Dodgers. The A’s are going with JP Sears, who absolutely fell apart in his last outing. I really liked what I saw from Ray in his first start and the Giants have been great at home, so my Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants prediction is for San Francisco to win by at least two runs.