In the second game of a three-game set at Oakland Coliseum, the Oakland Athletics (10-10) meet the Cleveland Guardians (8-12), Saturday at 4:07 PM ET.
As the favorite, the Guardians (-160 on the moneyline) play at the Athletics (+137). The Guardians will give the ball to Shane Bieber (1-1) versus the Athletics and Cole Irvin (2-1).
These squads meet again following the Guardians’ 9-8 victory over the Athletics yesterday. Trevor Stephan (2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K) picked up the win for the Guardians. Jose Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBI to lead the team on offense. Domingo Acevedo (1.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 K) was credited with the loss on the mound for the Athletics.
Get ready for the Guardians vs. Athletics with what you need to know before Saturday’s game.
Cleveland Guardians vs. Oakland Athletics Odds and Betting Lines
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- Favorite: Guardians (-160, bet $160 to win $100)
- Underdog: Athletics (+137, bet $100 to win $137)
- Over/under: 6.5
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Guardians Stats and Trends
Guardians Betting Records
- The Guardians have entered the game as favorites six times this season and won four of those games.
- Cleveland has not entered a game this season with shorter moneyline odds than -160.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 61.5% chance to win.
- Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 11 of their 21 games with a total this season.
- In 21 games with a spread this season, the Guardians are 9-12-0 ATS.
Shane Bieber (Guardians Probable Starter)
- The Guardians’ Bieber (1-1) will make his fifth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Tuesday, when he threw 6 1/3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels, giving up three earned runs while allowing seven hits.
- The 26-year-old has an ERA of 3.22, 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .200 in four games this season.
- If he completes six or more innings with three or fewer earned runs allowed, he’ll earn his third consecutive quality start.
- Bieber has pitched five or more innings in three straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- The Athletics rank 26th in MLB with a .211 batting average this season. They have a team slugging percentage that ranks 20th in the league (.345) and 17 home runs.
- The 26-year-old’s 3.22 ERA ranks 36th, .940 WHIP ranks 18th, and 8.9 K/9 ranks 21st among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
Guardians Batting Stats
- The Guardians’ 20 home runs rank ninth in Major League Baseball.
- Fueled by 64 extra-base hits, the Guardians rank fifth in MLB with a .414 slugging percentage this season.
- Cleveland ranks fifth in MLB with a .250 team batting average.
- The Guardians have scored the ninth-most runs in the league this season with 91.
- Cleveland has an OBP of .311 this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- The Guardians rank 14th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 whiffs per contest.
Athletics Stats and Trends
Athletics Betting Records
- The Athletics have been chosen as underdogs in 14 games this year and have walked away with the win seven times (50%) in those games.
- This year, Oakland has won six of 12 games when listed as at least +137 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Athletics have a 42.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- Oakland and their opponents have gone over in nine of their 20 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
- The Athletics have posted a record of 11-9-0 against the spread this season.
Cole Irvin (Athletics Probable Starter)
- Irvin gets the start for the Athletics, his fifth of the season. He is 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 21 2/3 innings pitched.
- The left-hander last appeared on Sunday against the Texas Rangers, when he threw five scoreless innings while giving up one hit.
- The 28-year-old has a 3.32 ERA and 5.8 strikeouts per nine innings in four games this season, while giving up a batting average of .226 to opposing hitters.
- Irvin is trying to pick up his second quality start of the season.
- Irvin will try to go five or more innings for his fifth straight appearance. He’s averaging 5.1 frames per outing.
- He will take the hill against a Guardians squad that is hitting .250 as a unit (fifth in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .414 (fifth in the league) with 20 total home runs (ninth in MLB action).
- The 28-year-old ranks 40th in ERA (3.32), 32nd in WHIP (1.108), and 53rd in K/9 (5.8) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season.
Athletics Batting Stats
- The Athletics average 0.9 home runs per game to rank 19th in MLB play with 17 total home runs .
- So far this year, the Athletics rank 20th in the league, slugging .345.
- Oakland’s .211 batting average ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Athletics score the 18th-most runs in baseball (80 total, 4.0 per game).
- Oakland is 28th in the league with an on-base percentage of .277.
- Athletics batters strike out 9.5 times per game, the 27th-most in the league.
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Guardians vs. Athletics: Live Streaming Info & Game Time
- Game Day: Saturday, April 30, 2022
- Game Time: 4:07 PM ET
- Stadium: Oakland Coliseum
- TV Channel: NBC Sports Networks
- Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free)
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