{"id":5117,"date":"2009-08-01T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/blue-jays-athletics-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:47:00","slug":"blue-jays-athletics-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/blue-jays-athletics-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays-Athletics Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Brett<\/st2:GivenName> Cecil<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Cecil<\/st2:GivenName> has a 4-1 record and a 4.32 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cecil<\/st2:GivenName>‘s opponent in this one will be Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> Cahill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Athletics righthander has a 4.77 ERA to go along with a 6-9 record 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
The A’s exploded with four runs in the fourth inning as they defeated the Blue Jays 8-5 on Friday, as -130 favorites. That game’s 13 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Sweeney<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with three runs batted in, and Rajai<\/st2:GivenName> Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs for the A’s. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam<\/st2:GivenName> Lind<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer and three RBIs for the Blue Jays, who were +110 underdogs. Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Richmond<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed six runs over three innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 49-54 SU
Oakland: 44-58 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Oakland are 8-2
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Toronto is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto’s last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Toronto’s last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 6 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 6 games when playing Toronto
Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, August 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Brett Cecil in this game. Cecil has a 4-1 record and a 4.32 ERA this season. Cecil‘s … Continue reading Blue Jays-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-5117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117","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=5117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}