The Oakland Athletics (65-48) face the Cleveland Indians (55-56) at Progressive Field on Wednesday at 7:10 pm ET. This is game two of their three-game series, with Oakland winning Tuesday's opener 4-3 in extras.

Game Details:

• Oakland Athletics (-138) at Cleveland Indians (+118)
• Run line: Cleveland +1.5 (-138)
• Over/Under: 9.5 runs

Pitching Matchup:

• OAK: Frankie Montas (9-8, 4.10 ERA, 140 K in 125 IP)
• CLE: Cal Quantrill (3-2, 3.14 ERA)

Team Stats:

• Offense: Athletics average 4.44 runs (16th), Indians average 4.34 runs (19th)
• Defense: Athletics allow 3.89 runs (6th), Indians allow 4.56 runs (16th)

Key Players:

• Athletics: Matt Olson (.287, 28 HR, 74 RBI), Starling Marte (.400 with Oakland, 8 SB)
• Indians: Jose Ramirez (25 HR, 68 RBI, 73 R, 13 SB)

The Athletics, winners of 8 of their last 10, look to maintain pressure on the AL West-leading Astros, sitting just 2 games back. Cleveland aims to defend their 29-25 home record despite being 10.5 games behind Chicago in the AL Central.

Montas has been strong lately with a 2.76 ERA in his last seven starts, while Quantrill comes off an impressive seven-inning shutout performance against Detroit.

Keys to the Game:

• Oakland's bullpen excellence (8.1 scoreless innings in Game 1)
• Quantrill's recent dominance
• Jose Ramirez's success vs. Montas (4-for-12 career)

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