{"id":4328,"date":"2009-05-02T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/athletics-mariners-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T13:41:00","slug":"athletics-mariners-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/athletics-mariners-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Mariners Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners will meet on the field at Safeco Field on Saturday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Trevor<\/st2:middlename> Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Cahill is 0-2 this season with a 5.40 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Mariners will be Jarrod<\/st2:GivenName> Washburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 3.42 ERA to go along with a 3-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mariners listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jose Lopez drove in the winning run in the ninth inning on Friday, as the Mariners got past the A’s 8-7. The Mariners won the game as a -110 pick’em, while the 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Franklin<\/st2:GivenName> Gutierrez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run dinger for the Mariners. Shawn<\/st2:GivenName> Kelley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed just under two innings of relief for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Holliday<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in two runs for the A’s. Russ<\/st2:GivenName> Springer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was saddled with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-12 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 14-9 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Seattle are 4-6
After playing Seattle are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Seattle most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Oakland are 7-3
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games
Oakland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Oakland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Oakland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Oakland
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland
Seattle is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, May 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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