MLB Preview: Oakland Athletics vs. Cleveland Indians

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MLB Preview: Oakland Athletics vs. Cleveland Indians

The Oakland Athletics vs. Cleveland Indians series will be the end of a long road for an Oakland team that has faced many obstacles. The MLB Odds on this game and the rest of the schedule can be found at the online sportsbook, BetPhoenix.

Saturday was a long day for the Athletics.

After enduring a doubleheader against the Red Sox with multiple rain delays at Fenway Park, the A's have an off-day Sunday. The rain doused the recently hot Oakland offense, but the A's are hoping to resume swinging the bat well when they take on the Indians for a four-game series, beginning Monday.

The Athletics have scored 39 runs over the past six games.

"We've been playing good offensively, and we've just been trying to put everything together," rookie second baseman Jemile Weeks said. "It's good for the confidence, and it helps you as an individual, feeling like you need to go out there and prove something to help out the team."

In the Indians, the A's will face a team that has been reeling in the past week-plus -- having lost six of its past nine -- but is still hoping to challenge for a division crown. While Oakland is far behind the leaders in the American League West, the club can spoil the hopes of opponents with its bats.

"The offense has come alive and stayed consistent to this point," A's manager Bob Melvin said, "and it certainly makes things easier on everybody when they're scoring some runs."

After leading the American League in ERA before the All-Star break, Oakland's pitching staff hasn't been able to find the same success. Entering Saturday, the A's ERA since the break was 5.03, which was third-worst in the AL and Majors. Monday's starter, Brandon McCarthy, is 6-1 in his past eight starts, posting a 4.01 ERA in that span.

Oakland has hit 28 home runs in August and 10 through the first six games of the road trip. The last time the club had 28 homers in a month was August 2009.

The A’s will be happy to get this series over with and head home. The Tribe will get some players in the lineup to take advantage of this tired team and should win going away.