Wpis

We are going for the victory with a negative handicap of -1.5 the Athletics for the following reasons: -The Athletics come out with Bassitt who has a positive record of 5 wins and only 2 losses and an ERA of 3.53 with 80 strikeouts. While the Diamondbacks will go out with Duplantier who has a record of 0 wins and 1 loss with an ERA of 9.35 (very high) with only 8 strikeouts. -The Athletics have a positive record of 35 wins and 26 losses. On the other hand, the Diamondbacks have a negative record of 20 wins and 41 losses (the worst team in all the major leagues so far this season). -The Diamondbacks are the twenty-ninth team in all the major leagues with a 4.97 earned run percentage (they are 30 teams, so they are by one position the worst in the entire league). -The Athletics play at home with their supporters and the Diamondbacks have lost their last 17 straight away games. For all the above, you have a game in favor of the Athletics and they are expected to win by more than 2 races ahead.