At 4:35 eastern the MLB Playoff Payoff is on Oakland. Big game 2 bounce back system here very Similar to the game 2 win Oakland had against Chicago in round 1. Oakland is 12-3 vs leftys and 9-2 as a favorite off a 5+ run favored loss. They already beat Valdez pitching for Houston and Valdez is 0-3 vs winning teams. Manea for Oakland has allowed 3 runs or less in his last 7 starts 6 of which were Oakland wins. Manea beat the Astros in his only start against them this year. Look for Oakland to knot the series today.