Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5/21/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

By: Tony G |

Last Updated: 05/20/2022 at 10:42 PM ET

On Saturday, the Oakland Athletics will face off against the in-state California rival the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for a scheduled first pitch time of 9:07 PM Eastern. This game will be available locally and on Fox sports one, and MLB extra innings. The Oakland Athletics come into this game with a dismal record on this season of 16–24, and have lost four out of their last five games losing a series against the Minnesota twins by two games to one, allowing 14 runs in the final meeting. The previous two losses were against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at home.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have had a great start to the season with a record so far of 24–16, and have lost their last three consecutive games coming on the road against Texas, however we are victorious on the road against Oakland in the previous two games before. One by the score of 9-1, the other by the score of 4–1.

Mike Trout is the team leader for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in home runs with 11, and also has 23 runs batted in so far this season. Shohei Ohtani is the team leader and runs batted in however with 27 on the year to go along with eight home runs and a batting average of .253 on the season so far.

Sean Murphy is the team leader for Oakland in home runs with four, however has a terrible batting average at .189, and is the team leader for Oakland and runs batted in with 20 on the year.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will continue a great start to the season as Michael Lorenzen will take the mound with a record on the season of four wins with only two losses, and an earned run average of 3.57 to go along with 24 strikeouts. We see the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim coming away with another home victory in this matchup. Final Score Prediction: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim win by the score of 6–2.

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