Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros 4/8/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Athletics are still trying to find their first win on the season. The Athletics in the last game dropped the game to the Dodgers by a score of 5-0. The loss pushed the highly touted Oakland Athletics to an 0-6 record on the year so far.

The hitting for Oakland is coming in at only .169 on the year with a total of 32 hits. Oakland has only scored 13 runs and cranked out 2 balls. The Athletics have a horrible 8.00 ERA a a team with 27 walks and 44 strikeouts, but the opponent are hitting at a clip of .321. 

Houston has been impressive on the season so far with a good 5-1 record. The last game on the field for the Astros was another win on the year and came over the Angels. With the win the final score ended up sitting at 4-2 and showed that Houston can win the low scoring games as well.

With the hitting the Astros have ended up hitting at a clip of .295 with a total of 65 hits on the year. The run production for Houston is sitting at 45 runs on a total of 12 homers this year. The pitching for the Astros comes in with a 2.72 ERA o the year and has walked only 19 batters with 46 strikeouts, but the opponents are hitting only at a clip of .201.