{"id":4769,"date":"2009-06-26T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rockies-athletics-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T13:29:00","slug":"rockies-athletics-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rockies-athletics-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-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 interleague game between the Colorado Rockies and the Oakland Athletics when they take their seats on Friday. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-3 this season with a 4.60 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Dallas Braden toeing the rubber for the Athletics in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Braden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-6 with a 3.26 ERA so far 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\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> were crushed 11-3 by the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> in Wednesday&#8217;s rubber match, as +130 road underdogs. That game&#8217;s 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Garrett<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Atkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run and drove in two runs for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marquis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for nine hits and eight runs in suffering the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The A&#8217;s were doubled 6-3 by the Giants in the series rubber match last time out, as -115 favorites. That game&#8217;s 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kurt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Suzuki<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run and drove in both runs for the A&#8217;s. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Gio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gonzalez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered 10 hits and six runs over 3 2-3 innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1: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 \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 37-35 SU<br \/>Oakland: 31-40 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 4-6<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Oakland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 3-7<br \/>After a loss 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 5 of Colorado&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Oakland<br \/>Colorado is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Oakland<br \/>Colorado is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games on the road<br \/>Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Colorado<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Oakland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado<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:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, June 27<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 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will be treated to a interleague game between the Colorado Rockies and the Oakland Athletics when they take their seats on Friday. Jason Hammel will be the starting pitcher for the Rockies on this day. Righthander Hammel is 4-3 this season with a 4.60 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Dallas Braden &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rockies-athletics-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-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-4769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769","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=4769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}