Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Athletics vs Indians Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Cleveland Indians will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Wednesday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at Progressive Field.

Righthander Trevor Cahill will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Cahill is 13-5 this season with a 2.54 ERA.

The Indians will counter Cahill with Mitch Talbot. Righthander Talbot has a 4.23 ERA to go along with a 8-10 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Gio Gonzalez whiffed seven batters over seven scoreless innings on Tuesday, and the A?s beat the Indians 5-0 in the series-opener as -115 favorites. The teams played UNDER that game's posted over/under (7.5) set by sportsbooks.

Coco Crisp went 3-for-5 with a solo home run for the A?s, and Gonzalez improved to 11-8 with the victory.

Fausto Carmona surrendered nine hits and four runs over 6 2-3 innings in the Indians loss.

Current streak:
Cleveland has lost 4 straight games.

Team records:
Oakland
: 62-62 SU
Cleveland: 50-75 SU

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 8-2
Before playing Cleveland are 7-3
After playing Cleveland are 5-5
After a win are 4-6

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Oakland are 4-6
After playing Oakland are 3-7
After a loss are 3-7

A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing Cleveland
Oakland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Oakland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Oakland is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Cleveland is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games at home
Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Oakland
Cleveland is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games when playing Oakland
Cleveland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games

Next up:
Cleveland home to Oakland, Thursday, August 26

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