Friday, April 04, 2008

Indians-Athletics Pointers

The Oakland Athletics will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Cleveland Indians at McAfee Coliseum.
The Indians will trot Paul Byrd out to the mound, and Byrd's opponent in this one will be Justin Duchscherer.
Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
The Indians failed to sweep the White Sox on Thursday, as they fell 2-1 in the series finale. The Indians were listed as -175 favorites in the contes.
Ryan Garko drove in the lone Indians run in the loss. Jake Westbrook allowed six hits and two runs in 7 1-3 innings on the mound.
The A's were shut out 5-0 by the Red Sox on Wednesday and were swept in the two-game series. The A's had been favored at -140 in that game, while the five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8.5).
Alan Embree allowed two runs off two hits in just over one inning of relief to suffer the loss.
Current streak:
Oakland has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Cleveland: 2-1 SU
Oakland: 1-3 SU
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Chi White Sox are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Cleveland are 4-6
After playing Boston are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland's last 10 games when playing on the road against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 7 games
Oakland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oakland's last 10 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Next up:
Oakland home to Cleveland, Saturday, April 5
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