The A's (50-66) and Washington Nationals (45-68) tangle Thursday in the finale of a 3-game set in Washington, D.C. First pitch at Nationals Park is 12:05 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the A's vs. Nationals odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season series: Tied 1-1

The Athletics drummed the Nationals 16-7 in Tuesday's series lid-lifter and then lost 2-1 Wednesday. The A's are 1-3 in their last 4 games, and that comes off a stretch that saw the last-place club in the AL West go 7-1 from July 23-Aug. 1.

On Wednesday, rookie RF Robert Hassell III clubbed a leadoff double in the bottom of the ninth and came around to score the winning run on a single by SS CJ Abrams . The walk-off triumph marked W

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