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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Lefthander Ricky Romero will take the mound for the Blue Jays to start this game. Romero is 9-4 this season with a 3.59 ERA.
Starting this game for the Athletics will be Vin Mazzaro. The righthander has a 5.16 ERA to go along with a 2-7 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Aaron Hill belted a three-run homer and drove in four runs to help the Blue Jays defeat the A’s 6-5 on Saturday. The Blue Jays won the game as -115 favorites, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9).
Lyle Overbay went 2-for-3 with one RBI and a run scored for the Blue Jays. Brett Cecil improved to 5-1 with the win, giving up six hits and four runs.
Adam Kennedy hit a bases-loaded double for three runs batted in for the A’s, who were +105 underdogs. Trevor Cahill gave up eight hits and six runs over 5 1-3 innings of work in the loss.
Team records:
Toronto: 50-54 SU
Oakland: 44-59 SU
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 9-1
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing Oakland are 8-2
After a win are 2-8

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Texas are 2-8
After playing Toronto are 2-8
After a loss are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
Toronto is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games when playing Oakland
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Toronto is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games
Toronto is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games on the road
Oakland is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Toronto
Oakland is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games when playing Toronto
Next up:
Toronto home to NY Yankees, Tuesday, August 4
Oakland home to Texas, Monday, August 3

 

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