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Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Mariners vs Athletics Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Wednesday when the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics meet at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
The Mariners will give the ball to starter Lucas French in this one. Lefthander French is 4-4 this season with a 3.37 ERA.
The Athletics will counter French with Gio Gonzalez. Lefthander Gonzalez has a 3.12 ERA to go along with a 13-8 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Adam Moore hit a dinger and had two runs batted in, as the Mariners stymied the Athletics 7-5 on Tuesday night.
Seattle cashed as +165 road underdogs, while the teams played OVER the 7-run total set by oddsmakers.
Casey Kotchman also knocked in a pair of runs for the Mariners, as Doug Fister allowed two runs over five innings to get the win for Seattle.
Kurt Suzuki was 2-for-5 with two RBIs for Oakland, while losing pitcher Dallas Braden was touched up for six runs over five innings for the Athletics.
Team records:
Seattle: 55-84 SU
Oakland: 68-70 SU
Seattle most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 1-9
Before playing LA Angels are 3-7
After playing Oakland are 6-4
After a win are 3-7

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 8-2
Before playing Boston are 5-5
After playing Seattle are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 6 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Seattle is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Seattle is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Oakland is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games at home
Next up:
Seattle at LA Angels, Friday, September 10
Oakland home to Boston, Friday, September 10

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