Athletics-Dodgers Lines Preview

The Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Dodger Stadium.
The Athletics will give the ball to starter Vin Mazzaro in this one. Righthander Mazzaro is 2-1 this season with a 1.37 ERA.
It’ll be Randy Wolf toeing the rubber for the Dodgers in this contest. Lefthander Wolf is 3-2 with a 3.41 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 143-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total is sitting at 7½.
The A’s got out to a four-run lead and managed to earn a 5-4 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday, as +150 underdogs. The nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8).
Jack Cust went 2-fo-r4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the A’s. Trevor Cahill got the win, allowing four hits and two runs over 5 1-3 innings.
Andre Ethier drove in two runs in a losing effort for the Dodgers, who were -170 favorites. Hiroki Kuroda surrendered all five runs over six innings of work.
Team records:
Oakland: 28-36 SU
Los Angeles: 43-23 SU
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 2-8
Before playing San Diego are 7-3
After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4
After a win are 6-4

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing LA Angels are 6-4
After playing Oakland are 3-7
After a loss are 8-2

A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Oakland
Next up:
Oakland at San Diego, Friday, June 19
LA Dodgers at LA Angels, Friday, June 19

 

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