White Sox vs. Athletics Series Betting Pick, DFS Plays – May 17

Gambling911.com has your White Sox vs. Athletics series betting pick and DFS plays for Sunday.

Series: White Sox vs. Athletics

Chicago’s Jeff Samardzija faces off against Oakland’s Scott Kazmir. 

Kazmir has allowed .318 hitting when facing this current White Sox roster. They are 28-for-88 against him with 11 extra bases secured.

Emilio Bonifacio has started to come alive in recent games though he is currently sporting well under a .300 ERA. He’s gone 4-for-8 against Kazmir and is priced at just $2200 so there is definitely some value to be had today.

Melky Cabrera is hitting over .350 against Kazmir and averaging .241 recently.  He’s priced at $2500 and is doable today but has not been gangbusters of late either.  He does have two extra bases in hitting against Kazmir.

Alexei Ramirez is your man today though priced at just $2500.  He’s hit in all eight of his last games as of Friday and is 6-for-9 against Kazmir with four RBIs and a homer. 

Samardzija, returning from a five-game suspension, allowed seven runs (five earned) on eight hits in six innings of a no-decision against the Brewers on Monday.

He’s allowed at least 6 hits in all seven of his starts this season. 

For those looking to bet this game, the OVER 7.5 is viable this day.  Oakland relievers have a tendency to give up between 1 and 2 additional runs.  Kazmir the other night pitched 6 innings and allowed just two runs.  Then the A’s relievers helped Boston to score another three.  All but one of Kazmir’s last 7 starts have resulted in nine runs or more.   In fact, over his last five games, Oakland relievers tacked on at least two additional runs after Kazmir departed.

Four of the last seven games Samardzija has started have ended with scores totaling nine or more.

- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com