The New York Mets (8-6) and Oakland Athletics (3-11) continue a 3-game set at Oakland Coliseum Saturday. First pitch is at 4:07 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Mets vs. Athletics odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Mets lead 1-0
The Mets had fun Friday night, bludgeoning the Athletics 17-6. SS Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam and drove in 7 runs to match a career-high. So many long innings at the plate seemed to affect Mets starter RHP Kodai Senga, who lasted 4 2/3 IP. The Mets used 3 relievers to cover the last 4 1/3 innings, so they’ll need some length from RHP'Carlos Carrasco in this one.
The Athletics walked 17 batters Friday, which is the 2nd most in franchise history, 2nd to just 18 walks issued by the Philadelphia A’s in 1916. The A’s needed 4 relievers to cover 4 2/3 innings and called up C Carlos Perez to get the final 2 outs of the game. OF Brent Rooker continued his hot hitting with a homer and 2 RBIs, improving to a .346 avg with 4 HR and 11 RBIs on the year.