The Los Angeles Angels drag a 30-47 record into Sacramento tonight to face the Athletics, who are sitting right at the .500 mark at 38-38 and badly need a series win to stay relevant. Vegas likes the home side at -171 with a -1.5 run line and an over/under of 9.5, which tells you the books expect some run production from both clubs.

The Angels have the kind of bullpen that makes you wince — the sort of staff where the manager goes to the pen too early and it still blows up on him, and their WHIP numbers all year have been rough reading. Bold prediction: someone in the heart of the A's order goes yard in the seventh, and Sacramento gets a comfortable win to nudge the A's above .500 for the first time in weeks.