Athletics vs Red Sox Picks and Prediction – 7/10/2024

The Oakland Athletics play the second game of a three-game series on the road Wednesday versus the Boston Red Sox. Oakland is 34-58 following its 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. The Athletics lost two out of three over the weekend to the Orioles. The Athletics are last in the American League West, 15 games behind the first-place Seattle Mariners. Make sure you stay up to date with all the MLB action, with our expert MLB picks.

Brent Rooker is batting .278 to lead Oakland and is the leader in home runs with 18, RBI with 54, hits with 78 and in on-base percentage of .353. Oakland has a team batting average of .224 and a slugging percentage of .380. On Wednesday, the Oakland Athletics will send JP Sears to the mound. The left-hander is 5-7 with a 4.74 ERA, 68 Ks and 30 BBs.

The Boston Red Sox are 49-40 following a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday in which Rafael Devers hit a pair of home runs for the Red Sox. Boston won two out of three over New York and the Red Sox have won six of the last seven. Boston is third in the American League East, trailing the first-place Baltimore Orioles by 7 ½ games.

Rafael Devers is batting .293 to lead Boston and is the leader in home runs with 21, RBI with 55 and on-base percentage of .378. Jarren Duran is the leader in hits with 103. Boston has a team batting average of .252 and a slugging percentage of .419. On Wednesday, Boston will send Nick Pivetta to the mound. The right-hander is 4-5 with a 4.06 ERA, 78 Ks and 18 BBs.