The Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at FenwayPark.
BrettAnderson will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. LefthanderAnderson is 5-8 this season with a 4.32 ERA.
Meanwhile, it’ll be BradPenny who starts for the Red Sox. RighthanderPenny is 7-4 with a 4.71 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 180-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Rajai Davis’ RBI-single highlighted a two-run 11th inning, as the Athletics went on to surprise the Red Sox 9-8 on Tuesday night.
Oakland won as +185 road underdogs as the game played OVER the 9.5-run total posted by oddsmakers.
AdamKennedy was 5-for-7 with three runs batted in for the Athletics, while CraigBreslow got the victory in relief of starter Vin Mazzaro for Oakland.
KevinYoukilis went 3-for-5 with two RBIs for Boston, as Manny Delcarmen was tagged with the loss after allowing the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning.
Team records: Oakland: 42-57 SU Boston: 58-41 SU
Oakland most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 2-8 Before playing Boston are 4-6 After playing Boston are 3-7 After a win are 2-8
Boston most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 5-5 Before playing Oakland are 5-5 After playing Oakland are 6-4 After a loss are 5-5
A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston Boston is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Oakland Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston’s last 12 games Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oakland
Next up: Boston home to Oakland, Thursday, July 30
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