T.M. Selection: Oakland Athletics.

I like the Oakland Athletics to win this game against the Miami Marlins on Monday. The A's have looked a lot better in their games lately, winning 2 games in a row now and 4/6 of their previous 6, they even won their series against the Mariners over the weekend. Overall, their pitching has looked pretty good over the last week too, other than 2 bad games they had where they gave up a ton of runs, they haven't really given up more than 3 runs in a majority of their games over the last 2 weeks. I think this is going to be another game they pitch well in and I don't see the Marlins putting many runs up on them here with how bad that offense has been lately. The Marlins have looked terrible lately and I don't see them playing any better here still on their road trip out West. They have lost 4 games in a row now, getting swept by the Dodgers over the weekend, and they only put up 4 runs total in those 3 games while giving up 7+ runs in 2 games in a row. Pablo Lopez (7-8, 3.83 ERA) is up for the Marlins here but he hasn't looked that good in his starts lately. He just had a terrible start in his last where he gave up 6 runs, and he has given up 4+ runs in 3/4 of his previous 4 starts now. He has been getting hit a lot in these games too and the A's offense has been getting a lot better over the last few weeks, I see them putting up runs on the Marlins here at home. Adam Oller (2-5, 6.63 ERA) is up for the A's here and he had a very rough start to his rookie year here but he has looked a lot better in his starts lately, and I see him continuing to pitch well in this game against this bad offense. He has not given up more than 2 runs in 2 starts in a row now and he faced 2 good lineups in those games, I expect him to keep that up here with this bad Marlins offense. I like the Athletics to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-2 Athletics.