Cardinals vs Athletics Picks and Prediction – 4/17/2024

The Oakland Athletics will host the Saint Louis Cardinals Tuesday night for game two of three in Oakland. Saint Louis is 2 games below .500 coming into this series having lost three of the last four including two in a row. Offensively St. Louis has been a bottom feeder in the National League with a .230 team batting average. The Cardinals scored to 61 runs on 122 total hits this season. Fortunately for Saint Louis the pitching has been strong enough with a 3.92 team ERA. For other MLB news see our MLB Picks.

Nolan Arenado leads the St. Louis offense this season with a .273 batting average and has boasted a team high 18 hits. Nolan Gorman and Ivan Herrera lead Saint Louis this season having hit three home runs apiece. Brendan Donovan leads the team with a .388 OBP and has boasted a team high 9 RBIs.

The Oakland Athletics are two games below .500 on the season having won three of the last four. The Oakland offense is a bottom feeder in baseball with a .208 batting average. Oakland has only scored 47 runs on 110 hits in 16 games played. The Oakland pitching has kept him in games with a 3.85 team ERA.

JP Sears will take the mound Tuesday for Oakland. Sears is 1-1 on the young season with a 5.17 ERA overall. Through three outings this season Sears has allowed nine total runs on thirteen hits across 15.2 innings of work. Despite having one no decision Oakland has lost two of the three games Sears has pitched in thus far this year.