Giants-Athletics Odds Preview

The San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Jonathan Sanchez will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Lefthander Sanchez is 2-7 this season with a 5.52 ERA. Starting this game for the Athletics will be Trevor Cahill. The righthander has a 3.89 ERA to go along with a 4-5 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 152-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Giants defeated Texas 3-2 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8). Barry Zito allowed two runs on two hits and struck out eight in seven innings for San Francisco and Aaron Rowand was 2-4 and scored a pair of runs. The Athletics lost to San Diego 4-1 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5). Ryan Sweeney drove in the Athletics only run and Dallas Braden took the loss after giving up two runs on six hits in seven innings Current streak: San Francisco has won 3 straight games. Team records: San Francisco: 37-31 SU Oakland: 30-38 SU San Francisco most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Oakland are 4-6 After playing Texas are 7-3 After a win are 6-4 Oakland most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing San Francisco are 6-4 After playing San Diego are 5-5 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Francisco's last 9 games when playing on the road against Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 11 of San Francisco's last 15 games when playing Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 11 of San Francisco's last 16 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Oakland's last 9 games when playing at home against San Francisco The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Oakland's last 15 games when playing San Francisco Oakland is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 7 games Next up: Oakland home to San Francisco, Tuesday, June 23