A winning streak will be on the line for the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday when they battle the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum.
The Rays will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Scott Kazmir in this game. Kazmir has a 8-5 record and a 3.20 ERA this season.
The Athletics will counter Kazmir with Gio Gonzalez. Lefthander Gonzalez has a 6.00 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Rays defeated
Wily Aybar homered twice and had four RBI for
The Athletics lost to
Mark Ellis drove in the Athletics’ lone run, while former
Current streak:
Team records:
Oakland: 54-63 SU Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 2-8 Before playing Oakland are 6-4 After playing Seattle are 7-3 After a win are 7-3 Oakland most recently: A few trends to consider:
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay’s last 12 games on the road Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Oakland’s last 13 games Oakland is 17-6 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oakland’s last 10 games when playing Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Oakland’s last 19 games at home Next up:
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