Monday, April 28, 2008

Athletics-Angels Preview

The Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels will meet on the field at Angel Stadium on Monday in a battle of division rivals.
The Athletics will give the ball to starter Chad Gaudin in this one. Righthander Gaudin is 2-1 this season with a 3.38 ERA.
It'll be Jon Garland toeing the rubber for the Angels in this contest. Righthander Garland is 3-2 with a 5.04 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Athletics defeated Seattle 4-2 as a +145 underdog on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5).
Joe Blanton allowed only two runs in seven innings for Oakland, while Emil Brown was 2-5 with a pair of RBI in the win.
The Angels defeated Detroit 6-2 as a +120 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).
Torii Hunter was 2-4 with three RBI for the Angels, while Erick Aybar also had three RBI in the win.
Team records:
Oakland: 16-10 SU
Los Angeles: 16-10 SU
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing LA Angels are 4-6
After playing Seattle are 4-6
After a win are 6-4

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a win are 6-4
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games on the road
Oakland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 19 of Oakland's last 25 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing Oakland
LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 19 of LA Angels's last 25 games when playing at home against Oakland
Next up:
LA Angels home to Oakland, Tuesday, April 29
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