Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Athletics-Blue Jays Who Will Cover?

The Oakland Athletics will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Wednesday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
The Athletics will trot Gio Gonzalez out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Gonzalez will be making his MLB debut.
Starting this game for the Blue Jays will be Shaun Marcum. The righthander has a 3.57 ERA to go along with a 5-5 record this season.
Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
Kevin Mench's walk-off RBI-single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Blue Jays over the Athletics 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Toronto won as -140 home favorites as the game played under the 8.5-run total set by oddsmakers.
Rod Barajas was 2-for-4 with a run batted in for the Blue Jays, while Jesse Carlson picked up the win in relief of starter Scott Richmond for Toronto.
Bobby Crosby drove in two runs for Oakland, as Huston Street was tagged with the loss after allowing the base-hit to Mench.
Current streak:
Oakland has lost 8 straight games.
Toronto has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
Oakland: 53-59 SU
Toronto: 57-56 SU
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Toronto are 4-6
After playing Toronto are 5-5
After a loss are 1-9

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Oakland are 7-3
After a win are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Oakland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Oakland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland
Toronto is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games at home
Toronto is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Oakland
Next up:
Toronto home to Oakland, Thursday, August 7

 

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