Baseball Betting: Pirates vs Athletics

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in an interleague contest. Daniel McCutchen will be the starting pitcher for the Pirates on this day. Righthander McCutchen is 0-2 this season with a 14.73 ERA. McCutchen's opponent in this one will be Trevor Cahill. The Athletics righthander has a 3.21 ERA to go along with a 6-2 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Cliff Pennington drove in three runs and the A?s crushed the Pirates 14-4 on Friday, as -180 favorites. That game's 18 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8) set by sportsbooks. Daric Barton and Mark Ellis had a pair of runs batted in for the A?s. Ben Sheets picked up the win for the A?s, allowing eight hits and four runs over his six innings. Brad Lincoln surrendered eight hits and five runs over six innings in the loss for the Pirates. Current streak: Pittsburgh has lost 4 straight games. Team records: Pittsburgh: 25-48 SU Oakland: 35-40 SU Pittsburgh most recently: When playing on Saturday are 3-7 Before playing Oakland are 1-6 After playing Oakland are 0-6 After a loss are 1-9 Oakland most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-1 After playing Pittsburgh are 5-1 After a win are 2-8 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 7 of Pittsburgh's last 10 games Pittsburgh is 2-16 SU in its last 18 games Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home Oakland is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games Next up: Oakland home to Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 27 Stevie Vincent is the former Executive Editor of the scorephone Tailgate Parties, which were the reports every gambler flocked to in the pre-Internet days. A pro gambler since 1993, his picks went public in 2007. He is the founder of groundbreaking forensic sports handicapping.