Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Guardians 6/11/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Oakland Athletics play the third game of a four-game series on the road Saturday against the Cleveland Guardians. Oakland is 20-39 following an 8-4 loss to Cleveland in the opening game of the series on Thursday.  Oakland has lost nine straight and 12 of the last 13. The Athletics are last in the American League West, 17 games behind the first-place Houston Astros.

Elvis Andrus is batting .242 to lead Oakland and the shortstop has a team-high 43 hits. Catcher Sean Murphy is the leader in home runs with five, while left fielder Seth Brown is the leader in RBIs with 25 and second baseman Tony Kemp is the leader in on-base percentage at .319. On Saturday, Oakland will send Frankie Montas to the mound. The right-hander is 2-6 with a 3.06 ERA, 78 Ks and 16 BBs.

With its four-run victory on Thursday, Cleveland improved to 27-26. Cleveland’s Andres Gimenez knocked in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning with a single when the Guardians scored four times. Cleveland has won two straight and four out of the last five. The Guardians are second in the American League Central, three games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins. 

Third baseman Jose Ramirez is batting .284 with 15 home runs, 55 RBIs, 56 hits and an on-base percentage of .388 to lead Cleveland in each category. Andres Gimenez has seven home runs and is second in RBIs with 31. On Saturday, the Cleveland Guardians will send Zach Plesac to the mound. The right-hander is 2-4 with a 4.72 ERA, 41 Ks and 13 BBs.