Monday, August 03, 2009

Rangers-Athletics Odds Preview

The Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
The Rangers will give the ball to starter Dustin Nippert in this one. Righthander Nippert is 1-0 this season with a 4.84 ERA.
It'll be Brett Anderson toeing the rubber for the Athletics in this contest. Lefthander Anderson is 6-8 with a 4.33 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Rangers defeated Seattle 4-2 as a -175 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).
Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-run home run for Texas and Michael Young added a solo shot in the win.
The Athletics lost to Toronto 7-2 as a +105 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Mark Ellis drove in a run for Oakland and Vin Mazzaro was roughed up for seven runs on 10 hits in five innings.
Current streak:
Oakland has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Texas: 59-44 SU
Oakland: 44-60 SU
Texas most recently:
When playing on Monday are 8-2
Before playing Oakland are 8-2
After playing Seattle are 6-4
After a win are 7-3

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Texas are 2-8
After playing Toronto are 2-8
After a loss are 6-4
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games on the road
Texas is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Texas's last 18 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas's last 8 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 8 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland's last 6 games when playing at home against Texas
Next up:
Oakland home to Texas, Tuesday, August 4

 

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