Kendall Graveman has been awful for the A's this season. The righty has allowed 19 runs and 28 hits in just over 17 innings. He's not striking batters out and he's not missing that many bats either. Boston's offense is smoking hot and should tee off on this awful pitcher. Oakland's bullpen has a 4.09 ERA and figures to see a lot of innings. Drew Pomeranz is making his season debut and is cleared to throw 100 pitches. Oakland is 1-5 against left-handed starters, but they are hitting .288 in those games. In their last series against the White Sox, they scored 30 runs so their offense is in good form as well. To me, this one should see plenty of runs.

There's something wrong with Chris Archer who is 1-1 with a 7.84 ERA in four starts this season. The righty has allowed 15 runs and 20 hits over his last three starts. He's getting strikeouts, but he's also putting plenty of runners on base. Minnesota is averaging 4.2 runs per game despite a poor batting average. Tampa's bullpen has seven losses and four blown saves so late runs could occur as well. Lance Lynn has allowed five runs and six hits in nine innings. The bigger problem is probably the 10 walks that he's given up as well. Tampa Bay is hitting .243 in their last seven games and they've gone over in 11 of their 18 contests. Minnesota's bullpen has a 3.16 ERA. These two have gone over in five of their last six in Tampa. I think this one does as well.

Matt Koch makes his first start of the 2018 season. He threw 2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen a few days ago. Koch faced San Diego two years ago and held them to one run and five hits in six innings. The Padres are hitting .211 in their last seven games and .225 all season. Their lineup doesn't scare me. The hope is Koch can go deep and the bullpen can finish things off. The group has had their struggles though. Tyson Ross is coming off a winning effort against the Giants. Ross has not seen the DBacks since 2015. Their lineup is one of the best in the National League. The starter is backed by a bullpen that is 1-6 on the season. I like the home team to win.

The Phillies offense has scored three runs or more in three straight and five of their last six. They have found the sticks and should continue to do so against Ivan Nova who I'm not that impressed with. Pittsburgh's bullpen is alright so i'm not too scared of them. The Buccos offense has been very hit or miss which we cannot say about Ben Lively who has allowed eight earned runs and 16 hits over his last two starts. The Philly bullpen is alright themselves. To me though, these two teams should see plenty of runs against mediocre starting pitching.