San Francisco Giants at Oakland Athletics 8/22/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

An interleague clash will take place on Sunday afternoon, when the San Francisco Giants wrap up their weekend series against the Oakland Athletics. The Giants (79-44) have won seven of their last ten games and lead Los Angeles by 1.5 games for first place in the NL West Division. On Saturday, LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a two-run blast in the ninth inning to lift San Francisco to a 6-5 road victory.

Twenty-four year old righty Logan Webb (7-3 2.92 ERA) will take the mound for the Giants in this matchup. Last time out, Webb allowed two runs in seven plus innings during a 3-2 home victory versus New York.

The Oakland Athletics are nine games above. 500 at home and are locked in a tie with Boston for the final AL Wild Card spot. During yesterday's loss, Oakland RP Lou Trivino served up the game-winning home run and blew his third save of the season. OF Starling Marte had two hits and scored a run in a losing effort for the Athletics (70-54).

The Athletics will counter with twenty-eight year old righty Frankie Montas (9-9 4.04 ERA) on Sunday. Through 136 innings of work, Montas has struck out 152 batters and owns a respectable 1.26 WHIP.