Athletics-Tigers Pointspread Pointers

The Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Comerica Park. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Dan Meyer in this one. Righthander Meyer is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. It'll be Armando Galarraga toeing the rubber for the Tigers in this contest. Righthander Galarraga is 9-4 with a 3.09 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Athletics defeated Detroit 4-2 as a +155 underdog on Friday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Dallas Braden allowed only two runs in seven strong innings for Oakland, while Rajai Davis had a pair of RBI in the win. Marcus Thames clubbed a two-run home run for Detroit and Kenny Rogers took the loss after giving up three earned runs in seven innings. Team records: Oakland: 54-61 SU Detroit: 56-59 SU Oakland most recently: When playing on Saturday are 2-8 Before playing Detroit are 6-4 After playing Detroit are 5-5 After a win are 3-7 Detroit most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Oakland are 6-4 After playing Oakland are 4-6 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 8 of Oakland's last 12 games when playing on the road against Detroit The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit's last 10 games Detroit is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games at home The total has gone OVER in 8 of Detroit's last 12 games when playing at home against Oakland Detroit is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home Next up: Detroit home to Oakland, Sunday, August 10