{"id":4831,"date":"2009-07-07T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-red-sox-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-07T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:36:00","slug":"athletics-red-sox-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-red-sox-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Red Sox Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Athletics will give the ball to starter Dana<\/st2:GivenName> Eveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Eveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-1 this season with a 7.40 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Red Sox in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 9-3 with a 3.67 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brett<\/st2:GivenName> Anderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a complete-game, two-hit shutout to earn the win, as the Athletics upset the Red Sox 6-0 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +190 road underdogs as the game played UNDER the 10-run total set by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam<\/st2:GivenName> Kennedy<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in for the Athletics, while Mark<\/st2:GivenName> Ellis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
John<\/st2:GivenName> Smoltz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for five runs over six innings to take the loss for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, which went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position on the night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 35-46 SU
Boston: 49-33 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Boston are 6-4
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Oakland are 4-6
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a loss are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oakland’s last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 6 games when playing Boston
Oakland is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Boston’s last 20 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, July 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Fenway Park. The Athletics will give the ball to starter Dana Eveland in this one. Righthander Eveland is 1-1 this season with a 7.40 ERA. It’ll be ace Josh Beckett toeing the … Continue reading Athletics-Red Sox Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831","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=4831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}