Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels 7/29/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

AL West Division rivals will square off on Thursday night, when the Oakland Athletics visit the Los Angeles Angels. The Athletics (57-46) are five games above .500 on the road and trail Houston by six full games for first place. On Wednesday, Oakland 3B Matt Chapman homered and scored three runs during a 10-4 road triumph against San Diego.

Twenty-eight year old righty Frankie Montas (8-8 4.34 ERA) will head to the hill for the Athletics on Thursday. In his last start, Montas gave up three runs in six innings during a 4-3 road loss against Seattle.

The Los Angeles Angels are six games above .500 at home and are 11 games off the pace in the division race. On Wednesday, All-Star DH Shohei Ohtani hit his major league leading 37th home run during an 8-7 home victory versus Colorado. OF Justin Upton added a two-run shot for the Angels, who improved to 51-50 on the year.

The Angeles will give the nod to thirty-three year old righty Alex Cobb (7-3 3.82 ERA) on Thursday. Through 77 plus innings, Cobb has struck out 84 batters and owns a respectable 1.26 WHIP.