Athletics look to sweep 2-game series against the Giants
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Oakland Athletics (45-64, fifth in the AL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (53-56, fourth in the NL West)
San Francisco; Wednesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Ross Stripling (2-9, 6.02 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 38 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (7-8, 3.72 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 115 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Giants -213, Athletics +176; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants play on Wednesday in the second game of a two-game series. The Athletics won the first, 5-2.
San Francisco has a 32-23 record in home games and a 53-56 record overall. The Giants have gone 40-21 in games when they record eight or more hits.
Oakland has gone 19-37 in road games and 45-64 overall. The Athletics have a 30-10 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.
The teams match up Wednesday for the second time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Chapman has 27 doubles and 15 home runs for the Giants. Tyler Fitzgerald is 13-for-38 with a double, a triple and six home runs over the last 10 games.
Brent Rooker has 20 doubles, two triples and 26 home runs for the Athletics. Lawrence Butler is 18-for-42 with five doubles, a triple, three home runs and eight RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 6-4, .258 batting average, 3.41 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs
Athletics: 7-3, .266 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs
INJURIES: Giants: Tyler Matzek: 60-Day IL (elbow), Thairo Estrada: 10-Day IL (wrist), Wilmer Flores: 10-Day IL (knee), Keaton Winn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jung Hoo Lee: 60-Day IL (labrum), Tom Murphy: 60-Day IL (head), Ethan Small: 60-Day IL (oblique), Tristan Beck: 60-Day IL (arm)
Athletics: Mason Miller: 15-Day IL (hand), Jacob Wilson: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Luis Medina: 15-Day IL (elbow), Tyler Soderstrom: 10-Day IL (undisclosed), Dany Jimenez: 15-Day IL (oblique), Alex Wood: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Esteury Ruiz: 10-Day IL (wrist), Darell Hernaiz: 60-Day IL (ankle), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Gott: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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