San Francisco Giants at Oakland A's 9/19/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Saturday MLB schedule will get underway when the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics resume their weekend series from RingCentral Coliseum. Last night, San Francisco was limited to three hits and struck out 11 times during a 6-0 road loss. Donovan Solano went hitless in four at-bats and was retired on strikes three times in a losing effort for the Giants (25-25).

Hard-throwing righty Kevin Gausman (3-2 4.05 ERA) will make his ninth start of the season for the Giants. Through 46 plus innings, Gausman has struck out 62 batters and has posted a solid 1.14 WHIP.

The Oakland Athletics have won 19 of their 26 home games and lead the AL West Division by a comfortable seven games. On Friday, SP Chris Bassitt (5-2) allowed three hits and struck out seven batters across six-plus shutout frames. Matt Olson crushed a three-run home run for the Athletics, who improved to 32-19 overall.

The Athletics will turn to talented right-hander Frankie Montas (3-4 5.86 ERA) on Saturday. Last time out, Montas gave up four runs in five plus innings during a 6-3 road loss against Texas.