Sandy Alcantara looks for his 10th win of the season when the Miami Marlins (46-42) visit the Athletics (41-46). The Marlins are favored in the matchup (-121) against the Athletics (-100), and the game starts at 9:40 p.m. ET on Saturday. Miami’s Alcantara and Sacramento’s Aaron Civale will start this matchup.
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Marlins to win vs Athletics -121
Marlins vs. Athletics betting lines
- Favorite: Marlins (-121)
- Underdog: Athletics (-100)
- Over/under: 11
Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Marlins betting info
- The Marlins have been favored on the moneyline 44 total times this season. They’ve finished 30-14 in those games.
- The Marlins have gone 21-9 in games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -121 or shorter (70%).
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Marlins a 54.8% chance to win.
- The Marlins have played in 88 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-39-2).
- The Marlins are 47-41-0 ATS this season.
Marlins hitting info
- Otto Lopez has racked up a team-high batting average of .336.
- In MLB, Lopez ranks 150th in home runs and 97th in RBI.
- Lopez takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .348 with two doubles, two triples, a home run and two RBIs.
- Xavier Edwards has 13 doubles, five triples, six home runs and 43 walks while hitting .301.
- Among all MLB hitters, Edwards ranks 187th in homers and 135th in RBI.
- Liam Hicks leads the Marlins with 13 home runs and 54 runs batted in.
- Hicks heads into this game on a 13-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .372 with a double, a home run, four walks and six RBIs.
- Javier Sanoja is batting .281 with 14 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 13 walks.
- Sanoja brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .500 with a double, two triples, a home run, two walks and eight RBIs.
Marlins pitching rankings
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Marlins pitching staff ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Marlins have the 11th-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (4.07).
- Pitchers for the Marlins combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.250).
- Marlins pitchers combine to surrender 87 home runs (1.0 per game), the fourth-fewest in baseball.
- They fell to the Rockies 14-4 in their last game with four strikeouts while allowing 14 hits.
Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Athletics betting info
- This season, the Athletics have been the underdog 53 times and won 25, or 47.2%, of those games.
- The Athletics have a record of 24-22, a 52.2% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by -100 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 50%.
- Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 42 of 87 chances this season.
- The Athletics are 43-44-0 against the spread in their 87 chances this season.
Athletics hitting info
- Nick Kurtz leads Sacramento in batting average (.279) and runs batted in (64) this season while also slugging 19 homers.
- In all of Major League Baseball, Kurtz is 14th in home runs and first in RBI.
- Shea Langeliers’ 20 home runs are most among Sacramento batters. He’s driven in 44 runs this season while slugging .497.
- Among all major league hitters, Langeliers ranks 10th in homers and 57th in RBI.
- Langeliers has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
- Carlos Cortes has 50 hits this season and a slash line of .272/.354/.429.
- Jeff McNeil has 57 hits and an OBP of .297 to go with a slugging percentage of .305 this season.
Athletics pitching rankings
- The Athletics have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the majors.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 4.99 ERA this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.450 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have given up the second-most long balls so far this season with 128 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, they defeated the Dodgers, 7-1, with 11 strikeouts and five hits allowed.
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