The Oakland Athletics will play the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their series at Camden Yards on Friday night.
The Oakland Athletics are 49-83 this season and have lost two games in a row. Oakland is coming off of a series loss against Washington, where they lost two out of three games played in the series. The Oakland pitching staff has a 4.29 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average this season. The Athletics offense has scored 449 runs with a .216 batting average and a .281 on base percentage. Sean Murphy is batting .258 with 17 home runs and 58 RBI’s for the Athletics this season. The projected starter for Oakland is JP Sears, who is 5-1 with a 2.28 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP over 43.1 innings pitched this season.
The Baltimore Orioles are 69-61 this season and have won five of their last seven games. Baltimore is coming off of a series win against Cleveland, where they won two out of three games played. The Baltimore pitching staff has a 3.79 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .254 opponent batting average. The Orioles offense has scored 546 runs with a .236 batting average and a .303 on base percentage this year. Anthony Santander is batting .257 with 24 home runs and 74 RBI’s for the Orioles this season. The projected starter for Baltimore is Dean Kremer, who is 6-4 with a 3.24 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP over 83.1 innings pitched this season.
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