{"id":4889,"date":"2009-07-17T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/angels-athletics-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-17T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:51:00","slug":"angels-athletics-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/angels-athletics-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Athletics Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Los Angeles Angels on Friday when they battle the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Saunders<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Saunders<\/st2:Sn> has a 8-5 record and a 4.65 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Athletics will be Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 4.67 ERA to go along with a 5-8 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels<\/st2:Sn> listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> scored four runs in the fourth inning to defeat the A’s 6-2 on Thursday, as +110 underdogs. That game’s eight runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chone<\/st2:GivenName> Figgins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-5 at the plate and drove in two runs for the Angels<\/st2:Sn>. Ervin<\/st2:GivenName> Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win with eight solid innings of work. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Holliday<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a solo home run and drove in two runs for the A’s, who were -130 favorites in that game. Dallas Braden gave up 10 hits and six runs over five innings on the hill. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 50-37 SU
Oakland: 37-50 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing LA Angels are 6-4
After playing LA Angels are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LA Angels are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games on the road
LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
LA Angels are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing Oakland
Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Oakland is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing LA Angels
Oakland is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games at home
Oakland is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Angels, Saturday, July 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Los Angeles Angels on Friday when they battle the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Angels will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Joe Saunders in this game. Saunders has a 8-5 record and a 4.65 ERA this season. Starting this game … Continue reading Angels-Athletics Lines 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-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889","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=4889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}