The Houston Astros will play the Oakland Athletics in Game 1 of their series at Oakland Coliseum on Monday night.
The Houston Astros are 64-32 this season and have won five games in a row. Houston is coming off of a series win against Seattle, where they won all three games played in the series. The Houston pitching staff has a 2.98 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP, and a .211 opponent batting average this season. The Astros offense has scored 429 runs with a .241 batting average and a .318 on base percentage. Yordan Alvarez is batting .307 with 28 home runs and 65 RBI’s for the Astros this season. The projected starter for Houston is Jake Odorizzi, who is 4-2 with a 3.56 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP over 48 innings pitched this season.
The Oakland Athletics are 35-63 this season and have won three of their last four games. Oakland is coming off of a series win against Texas, where they won two out of the three games played in the series. The Oakland pitching staff has a 4.34 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average. The Athletics offense has scored 329 runs with a .213 batting average and a .274 on base percentage this year. Seth Brown is batting .227 with 12 home runs and 41 RBI’s for the Athletics this season. The projected starter for Oakland is Adam Oller, who is 0-3 with an 8.56 ERA and a 1.98 WHIP over 27.1 innings pitched this season.