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The Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners will meet on the field at Safeco Field on Thursday in a battle of division rivals.
Lefthander Greg Smith will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Smith is 5-12 this season with a 3.91 ERA.
It’ll be Ryan Rowland-Smith toeing the rubber for the Mariners in this contest. Lefthander Rowland-Smith is 0-0 with a 6.05 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Mariners listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The A’s dropped the rubber match 3-1 to the Twins last time out, as +225 underdogs on the road. The combined four runs went UNDER the day’s posted over/under (7.5).
Jack Cust drove in the lone run for the A’s. Dallas Braden gave up three runs off six hits over 5 2-3 innings in the loss.
The Mariners were swept away on Wednesday, as they dropped the finale 15-3 to the White Sox. The Mariners were +200 road underdogs in that game, while the 18 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (10.5).
Raul Ibanez had two hits and drove in all three runs for
Current streak:
Team records:
Seattle: 46-80 SU Oakland most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5 Before playing Seattle are 4-6 After playing Minnesota are 4-6 After a loss are 4-6 Seattle most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games when playing Seattle Oakland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Seattle Oakland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Seattle Oakland is 4-18 SU in its last 22 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games when playing Oakland The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle’s last 8 games at home Seattle is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Oakland Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland Next up:
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