{"id":4708,"date":"2009-06-23T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-athletics-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T12:27:00","slug":"giants-athletics-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-athletics-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Athletics 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\">The fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics when they take their seats on Tuesday. <?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 Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Lincecum has a 6-2 record and a 2.72 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Vin Mazzaro toeing the rubber for the Athletics in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Mazzaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-1 with a 1.75 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 Giants listed as 125-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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up one run over seven innings to earn the win, as the Athletics dropped the Giants 5-1 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -150 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 8.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Bobby<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Crosby<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs for the Athletics, while Orlando Cabrera was 2-for-4 with a run batted in for <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Travis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ishikawa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sanchez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed four runs over 5 1-3 innings to take the defeat for the Giants. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 37-32 SU<br \/>Oakland: 31-38 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Oakland are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Oakland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, June 24<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>The fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics when they take their seats on Tuesday. The Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Tim Lincecum in this game. Lincecum has a 6-2 record and a 2.72 ERA this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-athletics-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Athletics 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-4708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708","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=4708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}