Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland Athletics 5/2/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 05/01/2022 at 10:31 PM ET
The Tampa Bay Rays open a three-game series on the road Monday against the Oakland Athletics. Tampa Bay dropped to 12-9 following its 9-1 loss on Saturday to the Minnesota Twins. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is third in the American League East, trailing the first place New York Yankees by three games.
Wander Franco is batting .313 to lead Tampa Bay and the shortstop has team highs in home runs with four, RBIs with 13 and hits with 26. First baseman Yandy Diaz is the leader in on-base percentage .444. On Monday, the Tampa Bay Rays will send Drew Rasmussen to the mound. The right-hander is 1-1 with a 3.50 ERA, 18 Ks and 4 BBs.
Oakland dropped to 10-11 following a 3-1 loss on Saturday to the Cleveland Guardians. Oakland has lost each of its first two games of its current series with Cleveland and must win Sunday to avoid being swept at home. Oakland has dropped to fourth in the American League West, 3 ½ games behind the first place Los Angeles Angels.
Sheldon Nuese is batting .328 to lead Oakland and the third baseman has team highs in hits with 21 and on-base percentage at .394. Catcher Sean Murphy is the leader in home runs with four and RBIs with 14. On Monday, the Oakland Athletics will send Daulton Jefferies to the mound. The right-hander is 1-3 with a 3.26 ERA, 12 Ks and 5 BBs.
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Oakland started the season much stronger than anticipated winning nine of their first 14, but the A’s have fallen on hard times of late losing five of the last six. Oakland is struggling at the plate with a team batting average of .212 which is 25th in baseball and the A’s are only average on the mound at 14th in team ERA with 3.56, while Tampa Bay’s team ERA is eighth best in the majors at 3.18. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Rays win 5-1.