Athletics play the Marlins in first of 3-game series

Miami Marlins (52-69, fourth in the NL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (45-77, fifth in the AL West)

Oakland, California; Monday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Pablo Lopez (7-8, 3.83 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 131 strikeouts); Athletics: Adam Oller (2-5, 6.63 ERA, 1.69 WHIP, 35 strikeouts)

LINE: Marlins -143, Athletics +122; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics host the Miami Marlins on Monday to begin a three-game series.

Oakland is 45-77 overall and 19-40 in home games. The Athletics have gone 10-20 in games decided by one run.

Miami has a 52-69 record overall and a 27-36 record in road games. The Marlins are 30-18 in games when they did not allow a home run.

The matchup Monday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Sean Murphy has 28 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 53 RBI for the Athletics. Nick Allen is 8-for-37 with a double, two home runs and four RBI over the past 10 games.

Miguel Rojas has 14 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 29 RBI while hitting .232 for the Marlins. Jacob Stallings is 8-for-21 with three doubles over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 4-6, .238 batting average, 5.02 ERA, outscored by 17 runs

Marlins: 2-8, .199 batting average, 5.07 ERA, outscored by 28 runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Skye Bolt: day-to-day (knee), Paul Blackburn: 60-Day IL (finger), Ramon Laureano: 10-Day IL (oblique), Daulton Jefferies: 60-Day IL (arm), Deolis Guerra: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brent Honeywell Jr.: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Marlins: Anthony Bender: 60-Day IL (elbow), Braxton Garrett: 15-Day IL (oblique), Garrett Cooper: 7-Day IL (head), Avisail Garcia: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jordan Holloway: 60-Day IL (elbow), Daniel Castano: 7-Day IL (concussion), Trevor Rogers: 15-Day IL (back), Max Meyer: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jazz Chisholm: 60-Day IL (back), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jorge Soler: 10-Day IL (back), Paul Campbell: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (arm)

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