Athletics Face Angels in Sunday Matchup

The Sacramento Athletics are set to face the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday at Sutter Health Park, with Reid Detmers and Jack Perkins expected to start as pitchers. The Athletics, currently sitting at 38-38, will look to improve their record against the Angels, who are 30-47. Josh Schonwald reports that the line on this matchup has the Angels at +162 and the Athletics at -196. The Athletics have a team slugging percentage of .424 and score 4.70 runs per game, with 104 home runs this season. They have struck out on 653 occasions and have 655 hits, with a team on-base percentage of .331. The Angels, on the other hand, have hit 122 doubles as a team and have hit 91 baseballs out of the park, with a slugging percentage of .397. They have struck out 728 times, while drawing a walk on 261 occasions. The Athletics' Jack Perkins will look to outpitch the Angels' Reid Detmers, who has taken the mound for 537 frames and has 598 strikeouts in his career. Detmers has a 4.59 ERA and a WHIP of 1.305, while Perkins will aim to improve the Athletics' 4.70 runs per game average. The game will be televised on NBC Sports California, with the total set at 9. The Athletics have accumulated 345 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .318, and will look to capitalize on the Angels' 4.69 team ERA. And with the Athletics' bullpen having earned 41 holds so far this year, they will look to shut down the Angels' offense. But the Angels have dispatched 243 relief pitchers to the hill this year, and will look to use this to their advantage. So the stage is set for an exciting matchup between the Athletics and the Angels, with the Athletics seeking to improve their record and the Angels looking to pull off an upset. The Athletics' fielding percentage is currently at .982, which is 26th in pro baseball, and they have a total of 49 double plays. The game is set to start on Sunday, with the Athletics looking to come out on top. The Athletics have turned 69.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 6,108 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 19th in baseball. The Angels have given up 615 base hits and 354 earned runs, and the Athletics will look to capitalize on this. The Athletics' pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44, and they will look to use this to shut down the Angels' offense.