{"id":4425,"date":"2009-05-17T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/athletics-tigers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-17T06:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T11:37:00","slug":"athletics-tigers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/athletics-tigers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Tigers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Sunday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Athletics will give the ball to starter Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-2 this season with a 3.69 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Armando<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Tigers. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-3 with a 4.61 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers tore apart the A’s 9-1 on Saturday, as -120 favorites. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> Cabrera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in four runs to power the Tigers. Rick<\/st2:GivenName> Porcello<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a three-hitter through six innings to pick up the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Travis<\/st2:GivenName> Buck<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the only run for the A’s, who were +100 underdogs. Dallas Braden gave up nine hits and six runs over five innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 13-20 SU
Detroit: 19-16 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games on the road
Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Oakland is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games
Detroit is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland
Detroit is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Oakland<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Monday, May 18
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, May 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Sunday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at Comerica Park. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Trevor Cahill in this one. Righthander Cahill is 2-2 this season with a 3.69 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Armando Galarraga who starts for the … Continue reading Athletics-Tigers Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425","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=4425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}