Athletics-Blue Jays Pointspread Pointers

A winning streak will be on the line for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday when they battle the Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre.

Chad Gaudin will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Righthander Gaudin is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA.

Starting this game for the Blue Jays will be AJ Burnett. The righthander has a 3.00 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season.

Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.

The Athletics lost to Cleveland 2-1 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The three runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).

Travis Buck drove in the Athletics' lone run and Joe Blanton took the loss after allowing two runs on seven hits over 6 2-3 innings.

The Blue Jays defeated Boston 7-4 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8).

Frank Thomas hit a grand slam home run and Vernon Wells added a two-run shot for Toronto, while Roy Halladay pitched eight innings and allowed four runs on eight hits in the win.

Current streak:
Toronto has won 3 straight games.

Team records:
Oakland: 3-4 SU
Toronto: 4-2 SU

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Cleveland are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Boston are 8-2
After a win are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games
Oakland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Oakland's last 20 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 7 games when playing Toronto
Toronto is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Toronto's last 20 games when playing at home against Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Oakland

Next up:
Toronto home to Oakland, Wednesday, April 9

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