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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Oakland Athletics will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at McAfee Coliseum.
James Shields will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Righthander Shields is 10-7 this season with a 3.65 ERA.
Starting this game for the Athletics will be Sean Gallagher. The righthander has a 4.39 ERA to go along with a 4-5 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Rays pulled off a thrilling 3-2 win over the A’s as +125 underdogs on Wednesday. The five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (7.5).
Eric Hinske went 3-for-3 with one RBI for the Rays. Andy Sonnanstine tossed six innings for the win, allowing two runs off six hits.
Eric Patterson drove in two runs for the A’s, who were favored at -135 in that contest. Justin Duchscherer gave up three runs over 6 1-3 innings to suffer the loss.
Team records:
Oakland: 55-64 SU Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 1-9 Before playing Texas are 7-3 After playing Oakland are 6-4 After a win are 7-3 Oakland most recently: A few trends to consider:
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games Tampa Bay is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Oakland Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Oakland Oakland is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Oakland is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing Tampa Bay Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home Next up:
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