Monday, May 19, 2008

Rays-Athletics Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum.
The Rays will trot James Shields out to the mound in this one. Righthander Shields has a 4-3 record and a 3.05 ERA this season.
Shields's opponent in this one will be Joe Blanton. The Athletics ace righthander has a 3.69 ERA to go along with a 2-6 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 122-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Rays lost to St. Louis 5-4 as a -115 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9).
Carl Crawford cracked a solo homer for Tampa Bay, while Edwin Jackson picked up a no-decision after allowing one run on six hits in five 1-3 innings.
The Athletics lost to Atlanta 5-2 as a +120 underdog last time out. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Bobby Crosby hit a solo home run for Oakland and Justin Duchscherer gave up three runs on seven hits in five innings to take the loss.
Current streak:
Tampa Bay has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Tampa Bay: 25-19 SU
Oakland: 24-21 SU
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing St. Louis are 1-4
After a loss are 7-3

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6
After playing Atlanta are 4-4
After a loss are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Tampa Bay is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games
Oakland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Oakland is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
Next up:
Oakland home to Tampa Bay, Tuesday, May 20
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