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The Baltimore Orioles will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at Camden Yards.
The Athletics will give the ball to starter Gio Gonzalez in this one. Lefthander Gonzalez is 3-2 this season with a 6.00 ERA.
It’ll be ace Jeremy Guthrie toeing the rubber for the Orioles in this contest. Righthander Guthrie is 7-11 with a 5.27 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Orioles listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Athletics defeated Kansas City 6-3 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Bobby Crosby hit a pair of solo home runs for Oakland and Ryan Sweeney hit a three-run home run in the win.
The Orioles lost to Toronto 7-3 as a +205 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7.5).
Melvin Mora was 2-3 with an RBI for Baltimore and Brian Matusz gave up five runs on seven hits in 2 2-3 innings.
Current streak:
Baltimore has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Oakland: 49-62
SU
Baltimore
: 46-65 SU
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Baltimore are 8-2
After playing Kansas City are 3-7
After a win are 3-7

Baltimore most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Oakland are 1-9
After playing Toronto are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 5 games
Oakland is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Baltimore’s last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore’s last 6 games when playing Oakland
Baltimore is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home
Next up:
Baltimore home to Oakland, Tuesday, August 11

 

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