{"id":4680,"date":"2009-06-21T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/athletics-padres-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:41:00","slug":"athletics-padres-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/athletics-padres-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Padres Lines 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Oakland Athletics on Sunday when they battle the San Diego Padres at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>PETCO<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <?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\">The Athletics will give the ball to starter Dallas Braden in this one. <st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Braden<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 5-5 this season with a 3.31 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Kevin<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Correia<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> who starts for the Padres. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Correia<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 3-5 with a 4.52 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Athletics listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, 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\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Adam<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Kennedy<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had four hits and drove in two runs to help the A&#8217;s defeat the Padres 6-3 on Saturday, as -125 favorites. The nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jack<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Cust<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 2-for-5 at the plate with a solo home run for the A&#8217;s <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Michael<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Wuertz<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> improved to 4-1 with the win, and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Andrew<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bailey<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> collected his eighth save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Tony<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Gwynn<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run for the Padres, who were +105 underdogs. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Cla<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Meredith<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered the winning run and suffered the loss on the mound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 30-37 SU<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 29-38 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 Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Diego are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>San Diego most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Seattle are 1-9<br \/>After playing Oakland are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing <st2:City><st2:place>San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing <st2:City><st2:place>Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st2:City><st2:place>San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Monday, <st1:GivenName>June<\/st1:GivenName> 22<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, June 23<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<\/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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Oakland Athletics on Sunday when they battle the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Dallas Braden in this one. Lefthander Braden is 5-5 this season with a 3.31 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Kevin Correia who starts for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/athletics-padres-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Athletics-Padres Lines 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-4680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680","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=4680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}