Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Oakland Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles

- The Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Camden Yards.

Righthander Vin Mazzaro will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Mazzaro is 3-8 this season with a 5.71 ERA.

It'll be Jason Berken toeing the rubber for the Orioles in this contest. Righthander Berken is 2-9 with a 6.72 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Orioles listed as 128-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total is sitting at 10½.

Brian Roberts went 3-for-4 with a run batted in, as the Orioles edged the Athletics 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Baltimore won as -125 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 9-run total set by oddsmakers.

David Hernandez allowed two runs over 6 2-3 innings to get the win for the Orioles, who also got RBIs from Adam Jones and Melvin Mora in the payday.

Adam Kennedy was 2-for-3 with a homer for Oakland, while Trevor Cahill gave up three runs over seven innings to take the loss for the Athletics.

Team records:
Oakland: 50-63 SU
Baltimore: 47-66 SU

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Chi White Sox are 6-4
After playing Baltimore are 7-3
After a loss are 7-3

Baltimore most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing LA Angels are 2-8
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a win are 3-7

A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Baltimore
Oakland is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
Oakland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
Baltimore is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games
Baltimore is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Oakland
Baltimore is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
Baltimore is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing Oakland

Next up:
Oakland home to Chi White Sox, Friday, August 14
Baltimore home to LA Angels, Friday, August 14

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