Baseball Betting: Athletics vs Indians

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: A winning streak will be on the line for the Cleveland Indians on Friday when they battle the Oakland Athletics at Progressive Field. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Gio Gonzalez in this one. Lefthander Gonzalez is 6-5 this season with a 3.74 ERA. The Indians will counter Gonzalez with Mitch Talbot. Righthander Talbot has a 3.88 ERA to go along with a 8-6 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Ryan Sweeney collected four hits on Thursday as the Athletics rolled to an 8-1 win over the Orioles. The Athletics were winners as -145 road favorites in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day's posted total (8.5). The Indians scored six runs in the fourth inning on Thursday afternoon and cruised from there to a 6-1 win over the Blue Jays. The Indians were winners as +117 home underdogs in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day's posted total (8). Current streak: Cleveland has won 5 straight games. Team records: Oakland: 39-41 SU Cleveland: 31-47 SU Oakland most recently: When playing on Friday are 3-7 Before playing Cleveland are 7-3 After playing Baltimore are 6-4 After a win are 3-7 Cleveland most recently: When playing on Friday are 3-7 Before playing Oakland are 4-6 After playing Toronto are 6-4 After a win are 7-3 A few trends to consider: Oakland is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Cleveland The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 7 games when playing on the road against Cleveland Oakland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing Cleveland Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games Cleveland is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home Next up: Cleveland home to Oakland, Saturday, July 3 Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.