The match between the Oakland Athletics and Miami Marlins will take place at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California on Monday, August 22 at 9:40 PM ET.
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Oakland Athletics vs Miami Marlins will take place at RingCentral Coliseum for Game 1 of their series in another round of MLB action. The Athletics have an overall season record of 45-77 and come into this game on the back of a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. They sit in fifth place on the AL West table with a win percentage of .369. Oakland are in fairly good form as they won three of their last five games with two of those wins coming recently.
Oakland’s offence has scored 409 runs this season at an average of .215 and an on base percentage of .279. Athletics manager Mark Kotsay hailed his players for doing a great job and was even ejected later on in the game. After the win, he said, “I was a little amped up over the checked-swing call. I lost the fact that these guys are human and they make mistakes. My frustration got the best of me, let’s just say that, and he did the right thing by ejecting me.”
On the other hand, the Marlins stand at 52-69 for the season and come into this game on the back of a 10-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They sit in fourth place on the NL East table with a win percentage of .430. Miami has been in dreadful form of late losing the last four of their five games.
The Marlins’ offence has scored 441 runs this season at an average of .233 and an on base percentage of .297. After losing their last game, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said, “Well, their lineup is the biggest struggle and they’re going to make you work. When you get them out, you have to fight for that out, then it keeps coming. Today, they were really on the fastball it seemed like. They had really good at-bats all game long.”
| Athletics | Marlins |
| Tony Kemp | Joey Wendle |
| Seth Brown | Jon Berti |
| Sean Murphy | Jesus Aguilar |
| Stephen Vogt | JJ Bleday |
| Vimael Machin | Brian Anderson |
| Jonah Bride | Miguel Rojas |
| Shea Langeliers | Lewin Diaz |
| Cal Stevenson | Jacob Stallings |
| Nick Allen | Peyton Burdick |
Athletics: Daulton Jefferies, Ramon Laureano, Brent Honeywell, Paul Blackburn, Deolis Guerra
Marlins: Cody Poteet, Paul Campbell, Jordan Holloway, Jazz Chisholm, Garrett Cooper, Jorge Soler, Anthony Bender, Sean Guenther, Braxton Garrett, Daniel Castano, Avisail Garcia, Trevor Rogers, Max Meyer
The match between the Oakland Athletics and Miami Marlins will take place at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California on Monday, August 22 at 9:40 PM ET.
The match between the Oakland Athletics and Miami Marlins will be telecast live on Bally Sports Florida and NBCSCA. You can also subscribe to MLB.com and watch from any corner of the world.
When the odds are 2.20 the expected chance of winning is 45%, but this team actually wins 39% matches with these odds.
When the odds are 1.71 the expected chance of winning is 58%, but this team actually wins 61% matches with these odds.
