Athletics-Blue Jays Preview

The Oakland Athletics will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Sean Gallagher in this one. Righthander Gallagher is 4-4 this season with a 4.09 ERA. Gallagher's opponent in this one will be Roy Halladay. The Blue Jays ace righthander has a 2.89 ERA to go along with a 12-8 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Athletics lost to Boston 5-2 as a +205 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5). Daric Barton hit a two-run home run for Oakland, while Dallas Braden gave up four runs in three 1-3 innings. The Blue Jays lost to Texas 8-4 as a +120 underdog on Sunday. The 12 runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (12). Matt Stairs was 2-3 with an RBI for Toronto, while David Purcey took the loss after giving up five runs in five innings. Current streak: Oakland has lost 6 straight games. Team records: Oakland: 53-57 SU Toronto: 55-56 SU Oakland most recently: When playing on Monday are 8-2 Before playing Toronto are 5-5 After playing Boston are 5-5 After a loss are 2-8 Toronto most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Oakland are 5-5 After playing Texas are 5-5 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oakland's last 9 games on the road Oakland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games at home Toronto is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games The total has gone OVER in 16 of Toronto's last 23 games when playing at home against Oakland Next up: Toronto home to Oakland, Tuesday, August 5