Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics

Cleveland has the second-best record in the majors and it won its third in a row 6-3 over Oakland on Saturday as Josh Naylor hit a two-run homer and an RBI single. The Guardians improved to 15-6 and Tanner Bibee will start today and the Guardians have won all four of his starts this season. Bibee allowed one run on five hits in five innings against Boston on Tuesday and he has gotten great run support from his hitters. Ross Stripling goes for Oakland and he is 2-2 with a 4.05 ERA in four career starts against Cleveland. Stripling is off to a bad start this year with an 0-4 record and a 5.32 ERA and he faced the Guardians on March 29 and gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits in five innings as the Athletics lost 6-4. Oakland has lost four of its past five games. Take the Guardians as a Max Play.

Cleveland continues to surprise as it leads the Central Division with a 14-6 record and the Guardians won again last night 10-2 and Tyler Freeman hit a go-ahead two-run homer and the Athletics were held to six hits. The Cleveland bullpen allowed one run in four innings and it is tied for No. 2 in the majors with a 1.03 WHIP. Logan Allen starts tonight and the Guardians have won three of his four outings and he has a 3.00 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP in two career starts against Oakland. Alex Wood has allowed 15 runs in 16 2/3 innings while walking eight batters for the Athletics. Cleveland has won eight of the past nine meetings. Take the Guardians as a Max Play.

The Oakland Athletics lost 102 games in 2022, and followed up by losing 112 games a year ago. The A's are looking somewhat better at 7-11 to start the season, and there is a clear answwer why. The A's bullpen has been among the best in baseball, especially on the road here they have a collective ERA of a miniscule 1.422. This has allowed Oakland to be a lot more competitive than wwhat we have seen the previous two years. Cleveland will go with Triston McKenzie and that hasn't worked out well for the Guardians who are just 1-5 in his last six starts going back to the end of last season. Opponents have plated five or more runs in those six starts. Make the play on Oakland.

Cleveland is a long way from home playing its fourth consecutive contest on the West Coast. It's also their fourth road game in four days. Starter Carlos Carrasco comes off a season with a brutal 6.80 ERA with his strikeout totals way down (66 in 90 innings) from his early days. He's had ERAs over 6 in two of the last three years. Cleveland is 11-21 after two or more straight wins, plus 7-17 after allowing 4 runs or less in three consecutive games. Oakland plays its fourth straight home game. This is a good park for pitchers and starter Paul Blackburn had a 3.57 ERA at home last year. With Oakland 324-300 against AL teams averaging 5.4+ runs, back home field. Play Oakland.