The Athletics beat the Washington Nationals 6-0 at Nationals Park in Washington on Thursday. Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez struck out a career-high 10 batters, while Tyler Soderstrom hit a home run. The Athletics stand at 51-66;

In the bottom of the eighth inning against Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez, Lowe recorded a 17-pitch at-bat that ended in a strikeout looking. This was just four pitches shy of tying the longest recorded at-bat, which was a 21-pitch at-bat recorded by Brandon Belt of the San Francisco Giants in 2018 ( h/t Chad Thornburg and Matt Kelly of MLB.com ).

The A's (50-66) and Washington Nationals (45-68) tangle Thursday in the finale of a 3-game set in Washington, D.C. First pitch at Nationals Park is 12:05 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the A's vs. Nationals odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.