MLB Handicapping: Athletics vs Cubs

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Oakland Athletics and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Wrigley Field in an interleague contest. Righthander Trevor Cahill will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Cahill is 5-2 this season with a 2.91 ERA. It'll be ace Carlos Zambrano toeing the rubber for the Cubs in this contest. Righthander Zambrano is 2-3 with a 6.91 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Athletics lost to San Francisco 6-2 as a +170 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored caused the game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (8). Jack Cust was 3-4 with a run scored for Oakland and Vin Mazzaro allowed four runs on six hits in six innings. The Cubs defeated the White Sox 1-0 as a -135 favorite on Sunday. The one run scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5). Ted Lilly pitched eight shutout innings, allowing only one hit while striking out three for the Cubs, while Chad Tracy drove in the Cubs only run in the win. Current streak: Oakland has lost 3 straight games. Team records: Oakland: 32-33 SU Chicago: 28-35 SU Oakland most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 4-6 Before playing Chi Cubs are 1-2 After playing San Francisco are 2-8 After a loss are 6-4 Chicago most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 7-3 Before playing Oakland are 2-1 After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5 After a win are 3-7 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games on the road Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games Oakland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road Chi Cubs are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games at home Chi Cubs are 4-9 SU in their last 13 games Next up: Chi Cubs home to Oakland, Wednesday, June 16 Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy former General Manager of the Freescoreboard scorephone network and CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com the premier hub of world-class handicappers.