{"id":4457,"date":"2009-05-21T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/athletics-rays-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T14:05:00","slug":"athletics-rays-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/athletics-rays-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Rays Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Oakland Athletics will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dallas Braden will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Braden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-5 this season with a 3.64 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Garza<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Rays<\/st2:Sn>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Garza<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-2 with a 3.50 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays<\/st2:Sn> listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The A’s gave up three runs late in the game, but managed to hang on for a 2-1 win over the Rays<\/st2:Sn> on Wednesday, as +160 underdogs. The game’s three runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Orlando Cabrera had two hits, and drove in two runs to lead the A’s. Brett<\/st2:GivenName> Anderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> got the win, and Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Ziegler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his fifth save to secure the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Pena<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> finished 2-for-3 at the plate, including a two-run homer for the Rays<\/st2:Sn>. Oddsmakers had the Rays<\/st2:Sn> as -180 favorites. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 15-22 SU
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 20-22 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Arizona are 6-4
After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Florida are 6-4
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Oakland is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Oakland is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Oakland
Tampa Bay is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, May 22
Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay at Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, May 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Oakland Athletics will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Dallas Braden will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Lefthander Braden is 3-5 this season with a 3.64 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Matt Garza who starts for … Continue reading Athletics-Rays Lines 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-4457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457","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=4457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}