Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Atlanta Braves
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA
TV: Braves.TV
Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+110) Atlanta (-130)
The Sacramento Athletics (0-4) are hitting the road to Truist Park on Wednesday where they will take on the Atlanta Braves (3-1). The line on this contest has the Athletics at +110 while the Braves are coming in at -130. The total comes in at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Luis Severino and Chris Sale.
As a team, the Sacramento Athletics are putting up 2.8 runs per outing, which has them at 27th in the league. They have 11 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .222. The Athletics have compiled 4 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 4 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 11 RBI’s in addition to 23 hits for the year, and their batting average comes in at .170. Sacramento has a slugging rate of .289 and have struck out 57 times, while taking a walk on 9 occasions.
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The Athletics have an earned run average of 4.63 for the year (23rd in MLB), and their staff has rung up 21 hitters. Athletics pitchers have given up 4 home runs and also 20 runs in total (20th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 20 hitters and their FIP is 5.30 as a team for the year. Sacramento has given up 36 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 18 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.05 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.60.
Athletics relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 8 times and also have had 7 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 2 holds this year (17th in the league). The bullpen pitchers have inherited 11 base runners this year and 45.5% of those runners crossed home plate. The Athletics have dispatched 14 relievers to the mound on the campaign.
The New York Yankees have a total of 105 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 37 assists and 1 error. Their fielding rate is at .993 which has them sitting 9th in the majors, and have 4 double plays. The Athletics have converted 70.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 315 innings, which has them ranked 19th in baseball.
Severino has taken the mound for 1,077 innings and has tallied 1,076 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Severino (73-55 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.86 while he has faced 4,508 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.92 (469 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.213. He has given up 978 base hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 328 free passes.
The Braves hold a team slugging percentage of .450 and they have an average of 4.25 runs per game (17th in MLB). They have put up 5 doubles, while taking a walk 13 times as well as notching 17 runs. Atlanta has hit 5 home runs on the season as well as 17 runs batted in. They have struck out on 27 occasions (27th in baseball) and have tallied 36 hits. The Atlanta Braves have accounted for an OBP of .345 in addition to a team batting average of .279 for the season.
The Braves hold a team WHIP of 0.944 with a FIP of 3.13 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 7.80 (31 strikeouts vs 10 bases on balls). They sit at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 24. They have conceded 2 long balls and they allow 1.50 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The Atlanta pitching staff have conceded 6 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 1.50 (6 earned runs conceded).
They rank 28th in baseball holding a save rate of 0.0%, and they have sent 11 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 1 time in high leverage situations and also on 1 occasions with runners on.
The Atlanta Braves have turned 4 double plays and have a fielding rate of .980 (24th in professional baseball). The Braves have recorded 37 assists, 3 errors and have earned 108 putouts over the course of the season. In 324 innings on the field, the Braves are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 75.0% (1st in MLB).
In his pro baseball career, Sale has given up 1,695 base hits while he has totaled 2,585 punch outs in 2,090 innings. Sale (146-88 mark in his career) has earned a 3.00 ERA while giving up 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 697 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.045 and a FIP of 3.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 5.28 and he has faced 8,412 hitters thus far in his career.
Who will win tonight’s MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Tony Sink’s Pick: Take Sacramento (+110)
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