Oakland at New York

Hard to believe that the Mets are just 3-13 in their last 16 games, but the offense has failed them throughout the month of June. The Mets’ bats have produced more than three runs in just 4 of the last 16 games and that's what losing streaks are made of. It isn't just the offense, the Mets pitching has allowed four or more runs in 13 of the last 16 as well so it is easy to see why they are struggling to find the win column. The fact is that they have given up 6+ runs in 7 of the past 11 games. Oakland will come in having won 13 of their last 18, and kills LHP. They are currently among the best at 14-8, and they haven't been beating the soft LHP, they have beaten all the good ones. They average 5.3-runs per game (RPG) against LHP, which is over a run per game more than they do against RHP. They have taken down Santana, Lee, Sabathia, Pettitte, Bedard and Zito twice each. They managed 57 runs in those 8 games, against some of the top LHP in the league. Tom Glavine is either reaching the end, or is in a miserable slump. Glavine has been touched off for 36 hits in his last 22 innings, resulting in 21 earned runs and a struggling Mets’ pen has tacked on 12 more runs over the last 4 as well. Glavine has not had a game this season where he has struck-out more than five hitters - a career first, but also a sign his stuff and command is on the decline. We like the A's to get the win over the struggling Mets.