{"id":4800,"date":"2009-06-28T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rockies-athletics-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T13:22:00","slug":"rockies-athletics-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rockies-athletics-lines-preview-2\/","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 Colorado Rockies and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. <?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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn> has a 7-3 record and a 4.00 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 Vin Mazzaro. The righthander has a 2.56 ERA to go along with a 2-2 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\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> allowed six runs over two innings, but managed to pull off an 11-9 victory over the A&#8217;s. The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> won the game as +125 underdogs, while the 20 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clint<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Barmes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 at the plate and drove in one run for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched six innings for the win, allowing two runs off five hits. <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> went 2-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs for the A&#8217;s, who were -145 favorites in that game. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed seven 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 won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 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>: 39-35 SU<br \/>Oakland: 31-42 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 Sunday are 1-9<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 2-8<br \/>After playing Oakland are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Oakland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 5-5<br \/>After playing Colorado are 5-5<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 \/>Colorado is 19-3 SU in its last 22 games <br \/>Colorado is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games on the road<br \/>Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland<br \/>Colorado is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Oakland<br \/>Oakland is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Oakland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at LA Dodgers, Monday, June 29<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, June 29<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><b><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/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 Colorado Rockies and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Aaron Cook in this game. Cook has a 7-3 record and a 4.00 ERA this season. Starting this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rockies-athletics-lines-preview-2\/\" 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-4800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4800","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=4800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}