Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners 7/3/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Oakland Athletics will continue a road trip Sunday afternoon as they play game four of four against the Seattle Mariners. Oakland comes into Sunday 27 games below .500 following a 3-1 win over Seattle on Friday. James Kaprielian got his first win of the year after allowing only one run on three hits across 6 innings of work. The Oakland bullpen was lights out allowing no runs on one hit across the final three innings of the game.

Offensively Oakland did just enough from the plate with twelve hits in 39 at bats including 2-12 with runners in scoring position to score three runs. Sean Murphy led the way for the Oakland offense with three hits in five at bats including a solo home run in the seventh inning to drive in two total runs.

The Seattle Mariners will continue their homestand Sunday afternoon against Oakland five games below .500 following the loss on Friday. Marco Gonzalez took the loss for Seattle after giving up two runs on eight hits across six innings of work. Offensively Seattle was terrible with only four hits in 31 at bats including no hits with runners in scoring position.

Ty France leads the way for the Seattle offense this season with a team leading .316 batting average to go along with a team high 45 RBI’s. Eugenio Suarez chips into the Seattle offense with a .238 batting average to go along with a team leading 13 home runs.