The Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Oakland Coliseum.
Jon Lester will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Lefthander Lester is 0-1 this season with a 9.00 ERA.
Meanwhile, it'll be Dallas Braden who starts for the Athletics. Lefthander Braden is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 147-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Red Sox lost to the Angels 5-4 as a -170 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (9).
Kevin Youkilis and J.D. Drew hit solo home runs for Boston, while Josh Becket surrendered four runs on eight hits in six innings to take the loss.
The Athletics lost to Seattle 1-0 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The one run scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8).
Trevor Cahill took the loss for Oakland after giving up one run on two hits in seven strong innings.
Current streak:
Oakland has lost 3 straight games.
Team records:
Boston: 2-4 SU
Oakland: 2-4 SU
Boston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing LA Angels are 6-4
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Seattle are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Boston's last 10 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Boston is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 9 games when playing Oakland
Boston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games
Oakland is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oakland's last 10 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 9 games when playing Boston
Next up:
Oakland home to Boston, Tuesday, April 14<\/p>\n