#965 ASA FREE PLAY ON Oakland +155 over Seattle, Wednesday at 4:10 PM ET - Seattle starting pitcher Robbie Ray continues to get too much respect in our opinion. He is a former Cy Young award winner but he’s not been great this season. His ERA on the season is near 5.00 and that’s not due to 1 or 2 bad outings. Over his last 4 starts alone, Ray has allowed 15 ER’s in 23 innings of work. He’s facing an Oakland team that has 18 wins on the season, however 12 of those have come on the road. The A’s are a better hitting team on the road this season and vs lefties away from home they are averaging 6.7 RPG. As a whole, Oakland has been much more successful this year vs southpaws. The A’s are sending their ace Blackburn to the mound this afternoon. He has an ERA of just 1.91 and is a perfect 4-0 on the season. He has allowed 3 ER’s or less in all 8 of his starts and 2 ER’s or less in 7 of those outings. The A’s have come out on top in 7 of Blackburn’s 8 starts this season. On top of that, Oakland has the stronger bullpen with an ERA of just 3.30, which is a full run less than Seattle’s relievers. These two teams have split the first 2 games of this series with Oakland winning 7-5 last night and Seattle 7-6 the night before. The A’s have outhit Seattle in both games by a combined total of 25 to 17. We like the way Oakland has played on the road and their bats are coming alive. Solid money line underdog here.