#920 ASA PLAY ON 8* Cleveland Guardians -1.5 on the Run Line (+125) over Oakland Athletics, Wednesday at 7:10 PM ET - We will talk about the starting pitchers in a moment but select action on the pitchers when placing this bet as this is a solid play for us regardless of the starting pitchers. The Guardians have the #2 bullpen in MLB thus far based on opponents batting average with a .218 BAA. For bullpen ERA, Cleveland also ranks 2nd with a 2.98 ERA while the Athletics rank dead last at 30th with a 5.51 ERA. Oakland is on a 6-game losing streak. That included a tough beat yesterday for the league-worst Athletics. The manner of loss yesterday - blew 2-run lead in bottom of 7th and lost in 10th inning - was a 6th straight defeat and will be really tough to come back from. The Athletics are again in a major slump now and so a loss in that fashion is devastating in more ways than one. Note that Oakland's 56 losses this season have included 41 by at least a 2-run margin! The Guardians 34 wins have included 20 by at least a 2-run margin. So the odds here certainly favor that a Guardians win will be coming by a multi-run margin. Cleveland has won 11 of 17 games versus AL West opponents this season. As for the pitching match-up here, the Athletics Paul Blackburn has been hit hard in 2 of his last 3 starts and he is still settling in after his start to this season was delayed until late May! The Guardians counter with Gavin Williams and though this is his MLB debut, the rookie right-hander is highly touted for a reason. He has excelled at all levels of the minors and he has been piling up strikeouts. The A's 6-game losing streak appears destined to add another defeat today and, after some recent 1-run losses, don't be surprised when this one turns into another blowout defeat by a multi-run margin. We think we're getting some nice value laying -1.5 runs in this one and getting a nice comeback price in the +125 money range with the Guardians. Lay it!