{"id":5071,"date":"2009-07-30T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-red-sox-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-30T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:34:00","slug":"athletics-red-sox-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/athletics-red-sox-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Red Sox Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Oakland Athletics on Thursday when they battle the Boston Red Sox at Fenway<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Athletics will trot Gio<\/st1:GivenName> Gonzalez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Gonzalez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 2-2 record and a 7.87 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Red Sox will be Jon<\/st1:GivenName> Lester<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 3.79 ERA to go along with a 9-7 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 340-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 five runs in the first inning and went on to defeat the Red Sox 8-6 on Wednesday, as +160 underdogs. That game’s 14 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rajai<\/st1:GivenName> Davis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a bases-loaded double to drive in three runs for the A’s. Brett<\/st1:GivenName> Anderson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed just four hits and three runs over six innings for his sixth victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike<\/st1:GivenName> Lowell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> smacked a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs for the Red Sox, who were -180 favorites. Brad<\/st1:GivenName> Penny<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered seven hits and seven runs over five innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 43-57 SU
Boston: 58-42 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Toronto are 3-7
After playing Boston are 4-6
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Baltimore are 7-3
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oakland’s last 9 games when playing Boston
Oakland is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston’s last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston’s last 9 games when playing Oakland
Boston is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Friday, July 31
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, July 31<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Oakland Athletics on Thursday when they battle the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Athletics will trot Gio Gonzalez out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Gonzalez has a 2-2 record and a 7.87 ERA this season. Starting this game for the Red … Continue reading Athletics-Red Sox 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-5071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071","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=5071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}