{"id":4730,"date":"2009-06-24T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-athletics-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T12:05:00","slug":"giants-athletics-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-athletics-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Athletics 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 San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 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\">The Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn> has a 6-5 record and a 5.00 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Athletics will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Gio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gonzalez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went the distance, striking out 12, to lead the Giants over the Athletics 4-1 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -130 road favorites as the game played UNDER the 6.5-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>Bengie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Molina<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 with a run batted in for the Giants, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Edgar<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Renteria<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with an RBI for <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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Giambi<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as losing pitcher Vin Mazzaro allowed four runs over six innings for the Athletics. <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>: 38-32 SU<br \/>Oakland: 31-39 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 Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 5-5<br \/>After playing Oakland are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Oakland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 4-6<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Oakland<br \/>San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>San Francisco is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Oakland<br \/>Oakland is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games at home<br \/>Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco<br \/>Oakland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing San Francisco<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, June 26<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, June 26<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in an interleague contest. The Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Randy Johnson in this game. Johnson has a 6-5 record and a 5.00 ERA this season. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-athletics-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Athletics 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-4730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4730","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=4730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}