MLB Daily Picks – FREE pick for June 28th is Oakland

MLB Daily Picks FREE pick of the day is Oakland:

Fixture: St. Louis @ Oakland
Time/Date: 10:05 PM ET, June 28, 2013
Pick: Oakland
Odds: -106 (1.94 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle

This will be the first game of 3 game Interleague series played in Oakland.

Oakland is second in American League West with 46-34 record. They are 24-12 at home. St. Louis is sharing the lead of National League with Pittsburgh with 48-30 record. St. Louis had a day off yesterday. On Wednesday they've lost 3-4 in Houston and that was their 4th loss in last 5 games. They are are just 13-12 this month after posting a 20-7 record in May.

Oakland won first 2 games of an eight-game homestand after a two-game sweep of Cincinnati. They outscored them 12-3.

Bartolo Colon will be starting for Oakland tonight. He is 10-2, 2.93 ERA after 15 starts in 2013. He has won 7 consecutive starts and is 7-0, 1.41 ERA in last 7 starts. Colon's last 8 starts were quality ones. He is 4-0, 2.68 ERA at home this year. Oakland is 13-3 in Colon's last 16 home starts.

St. Louis is sending out Shelby Miller, who is 8-5, 2.35 ERA in 15 starts this season. He has lost 2 out of his last 3 starts, neither of which was a quality one. He has been tagged for 2 home runs in two of his last three outings.

Oakland is 12-2 in their last 14 Interleague games vs. a right-handed starter and 7-2 against National League teams this season and I expect them to win tonight.