Boston Red Sox vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 9/9/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (-144) Sacramento (+120)

The Sacramento Athletics (66-78) will play the Boston Red Sox (79-65) at Sutter Health Park on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Red Sox at -144 while the Athletics are coming in at +120. The betting total is set at 9. The starting pitchers are Dustin May and Jeffrey Springs.

Boston is slugging .424 and have struck out 1,268 times, while drawing a walk on 463 occasions. They have 675 runs batted in and 1,254 hits on the year, while their batting average is sitting at .254. The Red Sox have tallied 289 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 169 balls out of the park. They have tallied 709 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .324. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are notching 4.9 runs per contest, which ranks them 6th in the league.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.50 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.29. Red Sox pitchers have yielded 148 long balls and also 614 runs in total (14th in the league). Boston has surrendered 1,192 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 541 earned runs. The Red Sox have compiled a team ERA of 3.78 on the year (6th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,186 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 475 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.06 as a team over the course of the season.

The Red Sox bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 62.1% and stepped onto the hill in 144 save situations. The relievers have inherited 192 base runners this season with 31.8% of those runners crossed home plate. Red Sox relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 142 times in addition to having 171 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have dispatched 471 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relief pitchers have a total of 76 holds on the season (19th in the league). They have compiled 41 saves on the campaign and have blown 25 out of their 66 chances to get a save.

The Baltimore Orioles have accumulated 3,864 putouts this year, in addition to 1,317 assists and 105 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which has them sitting 30th in MLB, and they have turned 118 double plays. The Red Sox have converted 69.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 11,592 innings, which has them sitting 21st in pro baseball.

May has taken the hill for 323 innings and has earned 297 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.87 (139 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.203. He has surrendered 276 base knocks (7.7 hits per nine innings) and has 113 walks. May (19-20 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.81 while going up against 1,356 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Sacramento Athletics have an on-base percentage of .321 and a batting average of .255 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 1,236 occasions (11th in the league) and have earned 1,260 base knocks. Sacramento has 199 home runs on the year as well as 648 runs batted in. The Athletics have a team SLG% of .436 and they are scoring 4.64 runs per contest (12th in the league). They have 265 doubles, while taking a walk 459 times as well as putting up 668 runs.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.363 in addition to having a FIP of 4.69 as a staff for the year. They are currently ranked 23rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,234. The Sacramento pitching staff have conceded 738 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.79 (680 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.40 (1,190 strikeouts vs 507 walks). They have relinquished 201 long balls and they allow 5.20 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league).

With 101 save situations, the Athletics have compiled 53 holds and also 18 blown saves. Sacramento has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 48 save chances and they have walked away with 30 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 124 times in high leverage situations and on 143 occasions with runners on. Sacramento bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.6% out of their 210 inherited base runners. They rank 16th in MLB with a save percentage of 62.5%, and they have dispatched 451 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the year.

The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 96 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (21st in professional baseball). The Athletics have accrued 1,057 assists, 77 errors and have accounted for 3,832 putouts this year. Out of their 11,496 innings on the field, the Athletics have a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (17th in pro baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Springs has allowed 424 hits while he has totaled 485 K's in 470 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 190 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.227 and having a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.17 and he has gone up against 1,971 batters in his pro baseball career. Springs (33-22 career record) has a 3.64 ERA and has given up 8.1 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+120)

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