{"id":4601,"date":"2009-06-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/athletics-dodgers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T14:00:00","slug":"athletics-dodgers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/athletics-dodgers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Dodgers Odds Preview"},"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 Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Dodger Stadium in an interleague contest. <?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. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Braden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-5 this season with a 3.33 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers will counter Braden with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clayton<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kershaw<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kershaw<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.50 ERA to go along with a 3-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 153-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 <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 7-1 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jack<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cust<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-4 with a solo homer for <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brett<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Anderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed six runs on eight hits in four innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers defeated <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 6-3 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Casey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blake<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in four runs for the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley improved to 9-3 on the season after allowing two earned runs on five hits in seven innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<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>: 27-35 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 42-22 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 Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 9-1<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 3-7<br \/>After playing Texas are 9-1<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 7 of Oakland&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>Oakland is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Oakland&#8217;s last 22 games <br \/>Oakland is 6-13 SU in its last 19 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>LA Dodgers are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing Oakland<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Dodgers home to <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, June 17<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/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 Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Dodger Stadium in an interleague contest. Dallas Braden will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Lefthander Braden is 5-5 this season with a 3.33 ERA. The Dodgers will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/athletics-dodgers-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Athletics-Dodgers Odds Preview<\/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-4601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","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=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}