Red Sox vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 11, 2024

The Boston Red Sox (50-41) are -220 favorites to take Game 3 of th series from the Oakland Athletics (35-59) Thursday at 7:10 PM ET. The teams enter the matchup with the series record tied, and the underdog Athletics are listed with +181 odds to win the rubber match and take the series victory. Boston’s Tanner Houck and Oakland’s Luis Medina have been named the starters for this contest.

Be sure to check out our betting preview for this game, and uncover all of our MLB picks, too!

Money Line

Red Sox to win vs Athletics -220

Bet $20, Payout $29.09

Red Sox vs. Athletics Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Red Sox (-220)
  • Underdog: Athletics (+181)
  • Over/under: 10

Red Sox vs. Athletics Betting Insights

  • The Red Sox have been favorites in 46 games this season and have come away with the win 26 times (56.5%) in those contests.
  • Boston has been listed as a favorite of -220 or more on two occasions this season and split those games.
  • The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 68.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
  • The Athletics have been the underdog on the moneyline 84 total times this season. They’ve finished 27-57 in those games.
  • Oakland has a 5-9 record (winning only 35.7% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +181 or longer.
  • The Athletics have a 35.6% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Red Sox vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

  • Rafael Devers is batting .292 with 21 home runs and 58 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Boston hitters this season.
  • Including all hitters in baseball, Devers is ninth in homers and 19th in RBI.
  • Jarren Duran is batting .280 with an OBP of .340 and a slugging percentage of .476 this season.
  • Brent Rooker has put up a team-best batting average of .282, and paces the Athletics in home runs (18) and runs batted in (55).
  • Among all batters in the majors, Rooker’s home run total puts him 15th, and his RBI total ranks 24th.
  • JJ Bleday has 23 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 38 walks while hitting .230.

Red Sox vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

  • The Red Sox strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
  • The Red Sox have pitched to a 3.69 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
  • The Red Sox have a combined 1.197 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
  • The 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in the majors.
  • Oakland’s 4.41 team ERA ranks 24th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the fourth-worst WHIP in the majors (1.361).