On Saturday, the Oakland Athletics (12-46, 5th AL West) will play the middle game of a three-game interleague series in South Florida against the Miami Marlins (29-28, 3rd NL East). Oakland was defeated by the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Thursday, but the Athletics won two of three in their series with Atlanta. Miami was defeated by the San Diego Padres 10-1 on Thursday and the Marlins lost two out of three in their series with San Diego. Oakland will play without six pitchers as well as position player Manny Pina. Miami will play without six pitchers as well as position players Jazz Chisholm Jr and Avisail Garcia.
The Oakland Athletics are 28th or worse in four major hitting categories. Oakland is 28th in on base percentage at .299, while dropping to 29th or next to last in slugging percentage at .353. Oakland is last (30th) in both runs scored with 200 and team batting average at .219. Brent Rooker is the team leader in home runs with 11 and RBI with 32, while Shea Langeliers is second in home runs with seven and RBI with 24. Oakland has hit 74 doubles, 6 triples and 57 home runs in 58 games.
Oakland is next to last or last four major pitching statistics. The Athletics are 29th or next to last in Quality Starts with 11. Oakland drops to 30th or last in each of the following: ERA (6.63), WHIP (1.61) and batting average allowed (.277). JP Sears is the leader in strikeouts with 54. Oakland w ill hand the ball to Luis Medina on Saturday. This season the right-hander is 0-4 with an ERA of 6.83 and 24 strikeouts.
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