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The Baltimore Orioles will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at Camden Yards. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Gio Gonzalez in this one. Lefthander Gonzalez is 3-2 this season with a 6.00 ERA. It'll be ace Jeremy Guthrie toeing the rubber for the Orioles in this contest. Righthander Guthrie is 7-11 with a 5.27 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Orioles listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Athletics defeated Kansas City 6-3 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5). Bobby Crosby hit a pair of solo home runs for Oakland and Ryan Sweeney hit a three-run home run in the win. The Orioles lost to Toronto 7-3 as a +205 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7.5). Melvin Mora was 2-3 with an RBI for Baltimore and Brian Matusz gave up five runs on seven hits in 2 2-3 innings. Current streak: Baltimore has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Oakland: 49-62 SU Baltimore: 46-65 SU Oakland most recently: When playing on Monday are 3-7 Before playing Baltimore are 8-2 After playing Kansas City are 3-7 After a win are 3-7 Baltimore most recently: When playing on Monday are 3-7 Before playing Oakland are 1-9 After playing Toronto are 6-4 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 5 games Oakland is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Baltimore The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 6 of Baltimore's last 8 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 6 games when playing Oakland Baltimore is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home Next up: Baltimore home to Oakland, Tuesday, August 11