Oakland has been surprisingly competitive in this series. They led 5-3 on Monday, going into the seventh inning, before a six-run Yankees’ rally turned the tide. Last night’s game, where I had the Under, ended up being a 2-1 final. Even though the Yankees have had a bevy of close results recently (five of last 10 games decided by one run), anything other than a blowout win today seems unlikely. After all, this is a matchup of the teams with the best and worst records in all of baseball.

The Yanks are 12-2 in Jameson Taillon starts this year and 6-0 the last six. Taillon’s teammates had to bail him out after a subpar outing last time, but that was against Houston. Offensively, Oakland is last in baseball in just about every major statistical category.

So far the Yankees are 21-5 in June. They are winning by an average margin of 2.1 runs/game at home for the year.

The A’s are 5-19 this month. They lose by an average of 1.4 runs/game for all of 2022. Cole Irvin will start this afternoon for them. Each of his previous eight trips to the mound, the team has taken a loss.

The Yankees are 19-7 in games vs. left-handed starters. Irvin and the A’s are no match for them.