Athletics-Dodgers Lines Preview

The Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Dodger Stadium. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Vin Mazzaro in this one. Righthander Mazzaro is 2-1 this season with a 1.37 ERA. It'll be Randy Wolf toeing the rubber for the Dodgers in this contest. Lefthander Wolf is 3-2 with a 3.41 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 143-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total is sitting at 7½. The A's got out to a four-run lead and managed to earn a 5-4 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday, as +150 underdogs. The nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8). Jack Cust went 2-fo-r4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the A's. Trevor Cahill got the win, allowing four hits and two runs over 5 1-3 innings. Andre Ethier drove in two runs in a losing effort for the Dodgers, who were -170 favorites. Hiroki Kuroda surrendered all five runs over six innings of work. Team records: Oakland: 28-36 SU Los Angeles: 43-23 SU Oakland most recently: When playing on Thursday are 2-8 Before playing San Diego are 7-3 After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4 After a win are 6-4 Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Thursday are 5-5 Before playing LA Angels are 6-4 After playing Oakland are 3-7 After a loss are 8-2 A few trends to consider: Oakland is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Oakland Next up: Oakland at San Diego, Friday, June 19 LA Dodgers at LA Angels, Friday, June 19