OAKLAND vs. TAMPA BAY 9/14/2018 MLB Odds, Pick & Preview

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Wilson Ramos (40) applies a late tag on Oakland Athletics center fielder Jaycob Brugman (38) in the fifth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays face the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

The OAKLAND and the TAMPA BAY will both be gunning for a victory on 9/14/2018 at 7:10 PM when they meet in a game matchup.

GAME: Oakland Athletics (89-58) at Tampa Bay Rays (80-65)
DATE/TIME: Friday, September 14 – 7:10 PM EST
WHERE: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

ROT TEAM PS OU RL
917 OAKLAND ()
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(-110)  
918 TAMPA BAY

TV: 7:10 PM
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PREDICTION: TAMPA BAY , OAKLAND

Oddsmakers currently have the TAMPA BAY listed as point favorites versus the OAKLAND, while the game’s total is sitting at .

The Tampa Bay Rays are the closest pursuers for the American League’s second wild-card berth, but they need a three-game weekend sweep of the visiting Oakland Athletics to have any realistic chance of overtaking them. Tampa Bay enters Friday’s series opener eight games back after Oakland suffered a 5-3 loss to Baltimore on Thursday to see its six-game winning streak come to an end.

The Rays are 9-2 this month and have won 18 of their last 22 games, making manager Kevin Cash ecstatic over his team’s strong finish. “Getting to watch this from a really good seat, it’s pretty exciting,” Cash told reporters after Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Cleveland. “I hope it’s exciting for our fans. Because these guys, they come every day, they bring a lot of effort, they’re fun to watch and they’re very talented.” The Athletics fell 3 1/2 games behind first-place Houston in the AL West and 1 1/2 in back of the New York Yankees for the first wild card with Thursday’s setback. Stephen Piscotty belted his ninth homer in 23 contests – he has 24 on the season – while extending his career-best hitting streak to 14 games.

TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, NBCS California (Oakland), FS Sun (Tampa Bay)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Athletics RH Edwin Jackson (5-3, 3.26 ERA) vs. Rays RH Diego Castillo (3-2, 3.45)

Jackson is 1-1 with a 5.09 ERA over his last five starts and has worked more than five innings just one during that stretch. The 35-year-old lasted just three frames in his last turn, when he gave up four runs and five hits in a no-decision against Texas. Jackson is 3-3 with a 3.98 ERA in seven career appearances (six starts) against Tampa Bay, including a 149-pitch no-hitter in 2010 while with Arizona.

Castillo will take the mound as the “opener” in his seventh start of the season. The 24-year-old rookie opened against Cleveland on Monday and gave up one run and one hit in two innings. Castillo has a solid 1.04 WHIP and is limiting hitters to a .185 batting average in 47 frames.

WALK-OFFS

1. Oakland OF Nick Martini recorded three hits and a walk on Thursday and is 6-for-8 with two walks over his last three games.

2. Tampa Bay OF Tommy Pham is 26-for-65 with three homers and 11 RBIs during his career-best 16-game hitting streak.

3. Athletics RHP Trevor Cahill (back) was scratched from Saturday’s start and returned to Oakland to undergo an MRI exam.

PREDICTION: Rays 5, Athletics 4

Tony’s Pick TEAM
OAKLAND

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