Oakland Athletics (49-36) vs Boston Red Sox (52-32)
Sunday, July 04, 2021 at 4:07 pm
This is a play on the OAKLAND ATHLETICS for our MLB Sunday Sweet Spot. Oakland is coming off a thrilling 7-6 win on Saturday in 12 innings and should be able to build off that heading into Sunday. It snapped an eight-game winning streak for Boston which still has a 4.5-game lead in the American League East. Oakland remains 2.5-games behind Houston in the American League West. The Red Sox are 0-5 in their last five road games with the total set at 9.0-10.5. The Athletics are 23-7 in their last 30 games when their opponent scores five runs or more in their previous game. Here, we play against road teams with a starting pitcher whose gives up 5.5 or less hits per start, after two straight games where their bullpen blew a save. This situation is 143-73 (66.2 percent) since 1997. 10* (974) Oakland Athletics