CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians head to face the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
The Athletics are 28-22 in home games in 2020. Oakland is slugging .407 as a unit. Matt Olson leads the team with a .574 slugging percentage, including 45 extra-base hits and 23 home runs.
The Indians have gone 21-24 away from home. The Cleveland offense has compiled a .229 batting average as a team this season, Jose Ramirez leads the team with a mark of .264.
The Athletics won the last meeting 5-4. Sergio Romo secured his first victory and Jed Lowrie went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs for Oakland. Emmanuel Clase registered his fifth loss for Cleveland.
TOP PERFORMERS: Olson leads the Athletics with 45 extra base hits and is batting .287.
Ramirez leads the Indians with 19 home runs and is slugging .527.
LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 5-5, .228 batting average, 2.90 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs
Indians: 3-7, .241 batting average, 4.97 ERA, outscored by six runs
INJURIES: Athletics: Trevor Rosenthal: (chest), Mike Fiers: (right elbow), Chad Pinder: (hamstring), Mark Canha: (hip).
Indians: Cam Hill: (wrist), Aaron Civale: (finger), Shane Bieber: (shoulder), Eddie Rosario: (abdominal), Josh Naylor: (ankle), Jordan Luplow: (ankle).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
