Yankees-Athletics Lines Preview

The New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Yankees will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander AJ Burnett in this game. Burnett has a 10-5 record and a 3.71 ERA this season. The Athletics will counter Burnett with Brett Tomko. Righthander Tomko has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Yankees lost to Seattle 10-3 as a -180 favorite on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9). Nick Swisher hit a two-run home run for New York and Joba Chamberlain allowed four runs on seven hits in five innings. The Athletics defeated the White Sox 3-2 as a +120 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5). Mark Ellis homered and had two RBI for Oakland and Scott Hairston was 2-4 with an RBI. Team records: New York: 74-44 SU Oakland: 52-65 SU New York most recently: When playing on Monday are 7-3 Before playing Oakland are 7-3 After playing Seattle are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 Oakland most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7 After playing Chi White Sox are 7-3 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: NY Yankees are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games when playing Oakland NY Yankees are 12-2 SU in their last 14 games NY Yankees are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Yankees's last 10 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 16 of Oakland's last 21 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oakland's last 10 games when playing NY Yankees The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees Next up: Oakland home to NY Yankees, Tuesday, August 18