Oakland is 2-6 the last eight. LA is 14-6 the last 20. Their last seven games Oakland batting average and OBP of .225 and .298. Garrett Richards has a 7-3 team mark including 5-1 on the road. His road ERA and WHIP of 1.38 and 0.872 is tremendous. Drew Pomeranz has had a solid year, but is coming off his first setback and will regress to the mean.

Oakland relievers have compiling a 4.34 ERA in the past seven games, and former closer Jim Johnson was booed off the field again after allowing two runs in the seventh inning Thursday. He has a 6.55 ERA in 22 outings after compiling a 2.94 mark with an AL-best 50 saves for Baltimore last year.

Oakland is 23-17 (+10 units) in the series. In their last 10 games LA has a slugging percentage edge of .415 to .361. Angels are 13-3 in their last 16 after allowing five runs or more in their previous game. Athletics are 4-10 in their last 14 when their opponent scores five runs or more in their previous game.