This is a 10* on OAKLAND

Oakland may have missed out on its attempt to sweep the Angels Sunday, but their lead in the AL West has grown to 1.5 games thanks to the Astros getting swept over the weekend. The A’s have a very favorable matchup to start the week as they face Seattle, losers of six in a row. The Mariners had it handed to them over the weekend in San Diego where they were outscored 31-7 in the three games. Just as embarrassing was being swept at home by Detroit in the previous series. One of those three games saw them get no-hit. The Mariners are batting just .199 AS A TEAM this season. They are quite bad and on the road they’re getting outscored by almost two full runs per contest. Frankie Montas has allowed three runs or less each of his previous five starts for Oakland, so he’s likely to pitch well tonight. Yusei Kikuchi is working on a string of four straight quality starts for Seattle, but how much support will he get here? The answer to that question is “not much.” It’s been nine days since the M’s scored more than four runs in a game. Play on OAKLAND

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