{"id":5374,"date":"2009-08-24T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/athletics-vs-mariners-baseball-point-spread\/"},"modified":"2009-08-24T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T11:55:00","slug":"athletics-vs-mariners-baseball-point-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/athletics-vs-mariners-baseball-point-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics vs Mariners Baseball Point Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The division rival Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners are set to renew hostilities on Monday when they meet at Safeco Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Vin Mazzaro will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Mazzaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-8 this season with a 5.31 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mazzaro’s opponent in this one will be Ian<\/st2:GivenName> Snell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Mariners righthander has a 5.60 ERA to go along with a 3-9 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mariners listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Athletics defeated Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 9-4 as a +115 underdog on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jack<\/st2:GivenName> Cust<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-3 with two home runs and four RBI for Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Landon<\/st2:GivenName> Powell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a three-run home run in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mariners lost to Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 6-1 as a -150 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ken<\/st2:GivenName> Griffey<\/st2:Sn> Jr.<\/st2:nameSuffix><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run for Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> and Felix<\/st2:GivenName> Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed three earned runs on nine hits in six innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 55-68 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 63-61 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Seattle are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 4-6
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Seattle most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 4-6
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Oakland’s last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games when playing Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games when playing Oakland
Seattle is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle’s last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The division rival Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners are set to renew hostilities on Monday when they meet at Safeco Field. Vin Mazzaro will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Righthander Mazzaro is 4-8 this season with a 5.31 ERA. Mazzaro’s opponent in this one will be Ian Snell. The Mariners … Continue reading Athletics vs Mariners Baseball Point Spread<\/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-5374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374","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=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}