The New York Yankees host the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday evening in the second game of a three-game set in the Bronx. The Athletics took the opener in the series on Tuesday in extra innings by a score of 5-2.
The New York Yankees host the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. The Athletics come to town as one of the top teams in baseball at the moment, while the Yankees are struggling to stay above .500.
The A’s have the best record in baseball but their 5 game winning streak came to close in Tampa in extra innings. One of the reasons Oakland’s record is so great is that they are an awesome 18-7 on the road.
The Mariners will head south to Oakland on Monday to open a four-game series, which includes a doubleheader on Wednesday against the A’s, who have the second-best record in the American League.
On the season the A’s have an Over/Under record of 10-11 and a run-line W/L record of 12-9 and the Astros have an Over/Under record of 9-12 and a run-line W/L record of 10-12.
The Oakland Athletics will make the trip over to Anaheim to open up a three-game set with the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. The Athletics come to town having won six of their last seven games, while the Angels have wins in three of four.
Heading into the weekend St. Louis is tied with Pittsburgh atop the National League Central and all of baseball.
The falloff that everyone was expecting from Baltimore hasn’t happened…yet. Right now they are being sustained by a fantastic start from slugging first baseman Chris Davis, who is in the top 3 in the Majors in homers, RBI and average.
A lot of you are saying “here we go again!” The Oakland A’s with a paltry payroll are expecting to compete with two spending goliaths in MLB. But as we have seen before, the Oakland A’s will find a way to be competitive with names that may not have made a top tier roster.
The A’s have been one of the best teams since the All Star break and they are now in 2nd place in the AL West only 1/2 game up on the Angels. Oakland is in the Wild Card lead, but it will be hard to stay there facing Angels ace Jared Weaver tonight.
Did you know that if the season ended Monday that both Wild Card teams would have come out of the AL West? That is because the Oakland A’s are doing it again, stunning the league with surprising performances.
Oakland dominated the first game of this three-game set, but Boston starts Ace Jon Lester in this one. The Red Sox started the season poorly, but they have been playing good baseball for the last month or so.
Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Betting Preview
Starting Pitchers: Boston (Lester) vs. Oakland (Colon)
Date/Time: July 3, 10:05 p.m. EST
MLB Gambling Odds from TopBet
Moneyline: Boston (-131) Oakland (+121)
Runline: Red Sox -1.5 (+125) vs. Athletics +1.5 (-145)
Total: 7.5
Oakland is proving to be a scrappy team that is difficult to beat, especially at home. Let’s take a look at this Tuesday night matchup.
The Red Sox might consider Jon Lester their Ace, but he hasn’t pitched like one so far this season. Lester is 5-5 with a 4.53 ERA in 2012. He has allowed 109 hits in 101 innings pitched. He has a very disappointing 1.34 WHIP. Lester has been one of the better pitchers in the American League over the past four years, but he hasn’t been able to find his command this year. Boston’s offense has been short-handed all season, but this team has still managed to pile up the runs. Boston is averaging an impressive 5.14 runs per game. Veteran David Ortiz and youngsters Daniel Nava and Will Middlebrooks are all exceeding expectations and leading the way for this offense.[dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
Bartolo Colon will start for the Athletics in this contest. Colon hasn’t started a game since June 17due to an oblique injury. He is 6-7 with a 4.22 ERA this year. The Athletics have managed to stick around .500 despite having the worst team batting average in the majors. Oakland is 20-19 at home so far in 2012. Josh Reddick leads a more powerful than expected middle of the order. Reddick has 19 homers already this year. Yoenis Cespedes has missed a lot of time this year, but he looks like a guy who will hit a lot of home runs for many years to come. The Athletics are fifth in the majors in stolen bases. The pitching staff has a solid 3.53 ERA.
Both of these pitchers have been inconsistent at best this year. Colon is coming off an injury against a good lineup, and Lester has yet to prove himself this season. I like this one to go over the posted total.
MLB Free Pick: Over 7.5
Two streaky teams square off in this Interleague series finale Thursday night in Boston. Both Miami and Boston have looked great at times this year and looked terrible at times this year.
The Dodgers have cooled down just a bit, but they still enter this game with the best record in baseball.
Last season the A’s finished the season 14 games under .500 and they ranked dead last in the league in attendance. Do the A’s have any chance to win back their fans? Hard to say and while there are a lot of question marks on offense Oakland does have a legit pitching staff.
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