The Boston Red Sox (50-44) and Oakland Athletics (25-70) meet Monday to kick off a 3-game series. First pitch from Oakland Coliseum is set for 9:40 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Red Sox vs. Athletics odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Red Sox lead 3-0
Boston won 11-5 as +131 road underdogs Sunday to beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 in a 3-game series. The Red Sox have now won 7 of their last 8 and 10 of their last 12. Boston is 24-22 on the road.
Oakland lost 5-4 as +161 home underdogs Sunday and was swept 3-0 by the Minnesota Twins. The Athletics are on a 7-game losing streak after managing to win 4 of 5 at the beginning of July. Oakland is 12-35 at home.
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Red Sox at Athletics projected starters
TBD vs. RHP Paul Blackburn
The Red Sox have not announced their starting pitcher at the time of writing.
Blackburn (1-1, 4.86 ERA) makes his 8th start. He has a 1.54 WHIP, 3.2 BB/9 and 9.9 K/9 in 37 innings.
- Last outing: No-decision, 1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K in a 4-3 road loss Sunday vs. Boston Red Sox
- Career vs. Boston: 1-1, 6.10 ERA (10 1/3 IP, 7 ER), 18 H, 5 BB, 8 K through 3 appearances (2 starts)
Red Sox at Athletics odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 2:12 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Red Sox -160 (bet $160 to win $100) | Athletics +135 (bet $100 to win $135)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Red Sox -1.5 (+100) | Athletics +1.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: +100 | U: -120)
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Red Sox at Athletics picks and predictions
Prediction
Red Sox 7, Athletics 3
Moneyline
PASS.
This should be a pretty easy win for Boston but at (-160) they are a little too heavy of a favorite to risk betting on, bet on the run line and/or O/U instead.
Run line/Against the spread
BET RED SOX -1.5 (+100).
Boston is the much better team here and have dominated in recent matchups, being 9-1 in the last 10 overall and 3-0 in the last 3. Combine that with the Athletics only having 12 wins at home on the season compared to the Red Sox having 24 road wins and this should be an easy one for Boston. Only 2 of the last 10 matchups have come down to a 1-run margin.
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Over/Under
BET OVER 8.5 (+100).
For Boston the Over is 3-0 in their last 3 overall and 5-1-1 in their last 7 overall. For Oakland the Over is also 3-0 in their last 3 overall but is also 7-2-1 in their last overall.
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