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3:37 PM EST. We’re not quite sure how one gets no-hit by Mike Fiers but that’s precisely what happened to the Reds on Tuesday before losing again yesterday. The Reds had two positive starting pitching matchups on Tuesday and Wednesday, failed to deliver and now they will not have that luxury. Give a big starting pitching edge to the A’s here and give us the host to win by two or more.

Chris Bassitt (RHP - OAK) has been excellent in his three starts, with a 2.12 ERA, 3.26 xERA, 0.94 WHIP and 22 K’s in 16 frames. The Reds have not been good on the road, with an OPS near .600 at the bottom of the NL.

Tanner Roark (RHP - CIN) has been inconsistent over his past three starts, with one pure quality start and two disaster starts. Roark has struggled in his three road starts by allowing eight earned runs in 14 innings with only a 12/8 K/BB split. Roark does have 34 K’s in 35 innings this year but we’ve seen this act before from him. In the past, his K-rate has vanished as quickly as it appeared and now he’s lost his ground-ball lean. He has an alarming disaster starts trend and his ordinary skill set leaves him open to hit %, hr/f swings. Those swung in his favor in 2014 and 2016, but it’s tough to bet on them again. Tanner Roark comes in with a respectable 3.82 ERA but his xERA of 4.96 tells a more believable story and one we're eagerly going to fade.

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