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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Blue Jays vs Athletics Baseball Betting

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Marc Rzepczynski will be the starting pitcher for the Blue Jays on this day. Lefthander Rzepczynski is 1-1 this season with a 4.67 ERA.
It'll be Gio Gonzalez toeing the rubber for the Athletics in this contest. Lefthander Gonzalez is 10-8 with a 3.49 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Dallas Braden gave up only one earned run over seven innings to earn the win in the Athletics' 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
Oakland won as -110 home favorites, while the game played OVER the 7-run total set by oddsmakers.
Coco Crisp was 3-for-4 with a run batted in for the Athletics, as Daric Barton went 2-for-5 with an RBI for Oakland.
Jose Bautista and Lyle Overbay drove in the runs for Toronto, while Brian Tallet was handed the loss for the Blue Jays in relief of Brandon Morrow.
Team records:
Toronto: 63-56 SU
Oakland: 58-60 SU
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Oakland are 7-3
After a loss are 7-3

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
Before playing Tampa Bay are 6-4
After playing Toronto are 4-6
After a win are 2-8
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 9 games when playing Oakland
Toronto is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing Oakland
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Oakland's last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oakland's last 9 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 8 games at home
Next up:
Toronto at Boston, Friday, August 20
Oakland home to Tampa Bay, Thursday, August 19

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