Oakland Athletics at Baltimore Orioles 9/3/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Oakland Athletics play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles. Oakland is 49-83 following its 7-5 loss to the Washington Nationals on Thursday. Oakland opened its series with Washington with a victory, but lost each of the final two games of that series. The Athletics are last in the American League West, 35 ½ games behind the first-place Houston Astros.

Catcher Sean Murphy is batting .258 to lead Oakland and has team highs in home runs with 17, RBIs with 58, hits with 112 and on-base percentage at .339. First baseman Seth Brown is tied for the lead in home runs with Murphy at 17. Oakland has not announced its starting pitcher for Saturday's second game of a three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles.

Baltimore improved to 69-61 following its 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday. Kyle Bradish held Cleveland to just two singles in seven Innings, while Cedric Mullins, Anthony Santander and Ryan Mountcastle each hit home runs for Baltimore. Baltimore is fourth in the American League East  East, 9 ½ games behind first place New York and the Orioles are fourth in the AL wild card chase, 3 ½ games behind second.

Center fielder Cedric Mullins is batting .264 to lead Baltimore and has a team-high 131 hits. Right fielder Anthony Santander has 24 home runs, 74 RBIs and an on-base percentage of .335 to lead Baltimore in each category. On Saturday, the Baltimore Orioles will send Austin Voth to the mound. The right-hander is 4-2 with a 4.48 ERA, 69 Ks and 25 BBs.