Cleveland at Oakland

The oddsmakers fell asleep on this one. Cleveland is a long way from home and playing terrible baseball, a brutal four game skid allowing 9, 8, 6 and 8 runs. They've been in a massive slump ever since the All Star break, should be with bad pitching today and an offense ranked 18th in runs scored while 20th in slugging. Cleveland is awful on the road and goes with Justin Masterson (9-10, 4.50 ERA), a guy with average stuff on a below average team. He has a 4.76 ERA his last three starts and is 1-3 lifetime against Oakland with a 6.00 ERA, including a loss this season with a 7.20 ERA. The Indians are 17-36 in their last 53 road games and 8-21 in their last 29 games vs. a right-handed starter. Meanwhile, they are matched up against a team in a pennant race playing excellent baseball both home and away, on a three game win streak, scoring 14 runs on these Indians the last two nights. Cleveland has never faced Oakland starter Jarrod Parker (3.71 ERA), who has allowed fewer hits than innings pitched and has fanned 95 in 121 innings, a top prospect doing well. The Athletics are 25-10 in their last 35 home games and 20-6 at home against a right-handed starter. And the Indians are 7-17 in the last 24 meetings in Oakland. Play the Oakland Athletics.