Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Oakland Athletics will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Shaun Marcum in this game. Marcum has a 10-6 record and a 3.87 ERA this season. Starting this game for the Athletics will be Brett Anderson. The lefthander has a 2.88 ERA to go along with a 3-3 record 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. The Blue Jays defeated the Angels 4-1 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5). Ricky Romero allowed one run on six hits over seven strong innings for The Athletics lost to Coco Crisp had an RBI for Current streak: Team records: Oakland: 57-59 SU Toronto most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing Oakland are 4-6 After playing LA Angels are 4-6 After a win are 6-4 Oakland most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Toronto are 4-6 After playing Minnesota are 4-6 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Oakland Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oakland Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oakland's last 7 games when playing Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games at home The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto Next up: Rest assured for those bettors who only purchase Stevie Vincent when he has Level 5 plays, you are doing yourself a gross disservice. Flat out his Level 2, 3 and 4 plays always have and always will win at a much higher rate than Game of the Month or Game of the Year plays elsewhere. He is part of OffshoreInsiders.com |