{"id":4962,"date":"2009-07-23T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-yankees-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T07:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:51:00","slug":"athletics-yankees-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-yankees-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Yankees Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New York Yankees will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Athletics will trot Vin Mazzaro out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Mazzaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 2-6 record and a 4.09 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace CC<\/st2:GivenName> Sabathia<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Yankees in this contest. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Sabathia<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 9-6 with a 3.66 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 275-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The A’s scored 12 runs in the first two innings en route to a 16-1 rout of the Twins in Wednesday’s rubber match, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rajai<\/st2:GivenName> Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in four runs, and Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Hairston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run homer. Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed six runs and one run over seven innings for the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Yankees won their sixth in a row with a 6-4 victory over the Orioles in a series sweep on Wednesday, as -320 favorites. That game’s 10 runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> Posada<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run and drove in two runs, while Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Swisher<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also had two RBIs. A.J.<\/st2:GivenName> Burnett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 9-4 with the win, and Mariano<\/st2:GivenName> Rivera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the ninth for his 28th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 6 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 40-53 SU
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 57-37 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing Minnesota are 3-7
After a win are 2-8<\/p>\n

New York most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Baltimore are 7-3
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland’s last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 6 games
NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 5 games at home
NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
NY Yankees home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New York Yankees will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium. The Athletics will trot Vin Mazzaro out to the mound in this one. Righthander Mazzaro has a 2-6 record and a 4.09 ERA this season. It’ll be ace CC Sabathia toeing … Continue reading Athletics-Yankees 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-4962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962","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=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}