In the final Game of a three-Game series at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the Baltimore Orioles (56-33) take on the Oakland Athletics (34-57), Sunday at 4:07 PM ET.
The Orioles are the road favorite (-197) versus the Athletics (+163). The Orioles will start Grayson Rodriguez (10-3) against the Athletics and Mitch Spence (5-4).
Yesterday, the Athletics picked up a 19-8 victory over the Orioles, with Luis Medina (5.0 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 3 K) earning the win for the Athletics. Brent Rooker finished 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI to lead the offensive showing. Cade Povich (1.0 IP, 8 R, 5 H, 1 K) was credited with the loss for the Orioles.
Here’s everything you need to prepare for Sunday’s Orioles vs. Athletics contest, including viewing options.
Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 3:17 AM ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Orioles (-197, bet $197 to win $100)
- Underdog: Athletics (+163, bet $100 to win $163)
- Over/under: 8
Orioles vs. Athletics: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Sunday, July 7, 2024
- Game Time: 4:07 PM ET
- Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
- TV Channel: MASN
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Orioles stats and trends
Orioles betting records
- This season, the Orioles have won 43 out of the 69 games, or 62.3%, in which they’ve been favored.
- Baltimore has a record of 4-3 in games when oddsmakers favor them by at least -197 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Orioles have a 66.3% chance to win.
- Baltimore and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 45 of 88 opportunities.
- In 88 games with a spread this season, the Orioles are 48-40-0 ATS.
Grayson Rodriguez (Orioles probable starter)
- Rodriguez (10-3) takes the mound for the Orioles in his 16th start of the season. He has a 3.45 ERA in 88 2/3 innings pitched, with 97 strikeouts.
- In his most recent appearance on Wednesday against the Seattle Mariners, the right-hander threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings while surrendering two hits.
- The 24-year-old has a 3.45 ERA and 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings across 15 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .234 to his opponents.
- Rodriguez is trying to build upon a second-game quality start streak in this outing.
- Rodriguez is looking for his 11th straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 5.9 innings per appearance on the mound.
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in three of his 15 outings this season.
- The opposing Athletics offense has a collective .224 batting average, and is 27th in the league with 675 total hits and 28th in MLB play with 344 runs scored. It has the 18th-ranked slugging percentage (.381) and ranks fifth in home runs (109) in all of MLB.
Orioles batting stats
- No team in MLB has hit more homers than the Orioles, who have connected on 144 this season.
- No MLB team has a better slugging percentage than Baltimore (.460) this season.
- The Orioles rank fourth in MLB with a .256 team batting average.
- Baltimore has scored 458 runs this season, which ranks second in MLB.
- The Orioles have an OBP of .316 this season, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- Baltimore ranks 11th with an average of 8.1 strikeouts per game.
Athletics stats and trends
Athletics betting records
- The Athletics have been chosen as underdogs in 81 games this year and have walked away with the win 26 times (32.1%) in those games.
- Oakland has a win-loss record of 9-15 when favored by +163 or worse by oddsmakers this year.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Athletics have a 38% chance of pulling out a win.
- Oakland’s games have gone over the total in 39 of its 91 opportunities.
- The Athletics are 47-44-0 against the spread in their 91 games that had a posted line this season.
Mitch Spence (Athletics probable starter)
- Spence makes the start for the Athletics, his 10th of the season. He is 5-4 with a 4.15 ERA and 61 strikeouts through 73 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Angels, when he threw 5 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up six hits.
- The 26-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.15, with 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings in 20 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .265 batting average against him.
- Spence heads into this matchup with two quality starts under his belt this season.
- Spence is trying for his eighth straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 3.7 innings per start.
- In six of his 20 total appearances this season he has not allowed an earned run.
- The opposing Orioles offense has the best slugging percentage (.460) and ranks first in home runs hit (144) in all of MLB. They have a collective .256 batting average, and are fourth in the league with 788 total hits and second in MLB play scoring 458 runs.
- Spence has pitched three innings without giving up a hit or an earned run while striking out two against the Orioles this season.
Athletics batting stats
- The Athletics rank fifth in baseball with 109 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
- So far this year, Oakland’s .381 slugging percentage ranks 18th in the majors.
- The Athletics have the third-worst batting average in the league (.224).
- Oakland scores the third-fewest runs in baseball (344 total, 3.8 per game).
- The Athletics’ .296 on-base percentage is the fifth-worst in baseball.