{"id":1716,"date":"2008-08-25T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/athletics-angels-vegas-betting-odds\/"},"modified":"2008-08-25T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T11:40:00","slug":"athletics-angels-vegas-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/athletics-angels-vegas-betting-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Angels Vegas Betting Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Angel Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dallas Braden will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Lefthander Braden is 2-3 this season with a 4.41 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Jered Weaver toeing the rubber for the Angels in this contest. Righthander Weaver is 10-9 with a 4.47 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 230-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Athletics lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 8-4 as a +170 underdog on Sunday. The 12 runs score went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jack Hannahan hit a pair of solo home runs for <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Rob Bowen also cracked a solo shot in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Angels defeated <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 5-3 as a -160 favorite on Sunday. The eight runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mark Teixeira was 3-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored for <st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Ervin Santana allowed three runs in seven innings with 10 strikeouts in a no-decision. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 59-71 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 79-50 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oakland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 4-6<br \/>After playing Seattle are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 8-2<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Oakland&#8217;s last 23 games on the road<br \/>Oakland is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels<br \/>Oakland is 6-19 SU in its last 25 games <br \/>Oakland is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Oakland<br \/>LA Angels are 17-6 SU in their last 23 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 10 games at home<br \/>LA Angels are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Oakland<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Angels home to <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 26<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Angel Stadium. Dallas Braden will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Lefthander Braden is 2-3 this season with a 4.41 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Jered Weaver toeing the rubber for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/athletics-angels-vegas-betting-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Athletics-Angels Vegas Betting Odds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}