Its Friday, August 8 and the Athletics (51-66) are in Baltimore to open a series against the Orioles (52-63).

J.T. Ginn is slated to take the mound for Oakland against Tomoyuki Sugano for Baltimore.

Jacob Lopez struck out 10 and the Athletics took the rubber game of their series against the Nationals, 6-0. The offense showed up as well for the Athletics pounding out 12 hits including Tyler Soderstrom’s 21st HR of the season. The Orioles were off yesterday. They were on the road for the previous six games managing a combined two wins in their series against the Cubs and the Phillies.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch the first pitch, odds, recent

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