{"id":5038,"date":"2009-07-28T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-28T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:36:00","slug":"athletics-red-sox-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/","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
Righthander Vin Mazzaro will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Mazzaro is 2-7 this season with a 4.75 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will counter Mazzaro with Clay<\/st2:GivenName> Buchholz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Buchholz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.72 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 230-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dustin<\/st2:GivenName> Pedroia<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a big fly and two runs batted in, as the Red Sox defeated the Athletics 8-3 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -270 home favorites as the game played OVER the 8.5-run total posted by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jed<\/st2:GivenName> Lowrie<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also drove in two runs for the Red Sox, while winning pitcher Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three runs over seven innings for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kurt<\/st2:GivenName> Suzuki<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> knocked in two runs for Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for six runs over five innings to take the loss for the Athletics. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-57 SU
Boston: 58-40 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 2-8
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 6 games
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
Boston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Oakland
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston’s last 11 games
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, July 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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