Oakland A's at Texas Rangers Giants Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: A's +105 / Rangers -125 O/U 9 runs
Time: 8:05 PM EST Wednesday May 12, 2010
Tonight in an AL West match up between 2 teams that are tied for 1st place in the division the Texas Rangers host the Oakland A's. The A's are hot and have won 3 games in a row and gone 6-4 in their last 10 games and while the Rangers lost yesterday's game they are still 7-3 in their last 10 games.
This season the Rangers are 11-7 at home and the A's are 5-8 on the road.
The A's won the opening game of this 3 game series yesterday 7-6 in 13 innings.
The Rangers have lost 6 straight games at home to the A's and they have already lost to them 3 times in 4 games this season.
Taking the mound for the Rangers tonight is Derek Holland (0-0 0.00 ERA), who is making his first start of the season after starting it in the minors. On the hill for the A's tonight is Gio Gonzalez (3-2 3.53 ERA), who in his last start gave up 3 earned runs in 7 innings in a loss.
Last season as a rookie Holland went 8-13 with a 6.12 ERA, but had a 10.19 ERA as a starter, losing 6 of his 7 starts.
Gonzalez has not allowed a run in 9 2/3 career innings against the Rangers.
Dating back to last season Oakland is 2-6 in Gonzalez's last 8 starts against teams with a winning record and Texas is 1-6 in Holland's last 7 starts.
Both teams are winning with pitching, as Texas has the 5th best team ERA in the AL and Oakland is right behind them ranked 6th.
Nobody expected anything from Oakland this season, but their young staff has pitched well and they are getting key hits when they need them like Daric Barton's 2-out RBI single last night to beat Texas.
Both of these teams will need a solid outing from their starter, as each team ranks in the middle of the pack in the AL in terms of runs scored and team batting average.
Betting Trends
Oakland is 5-1 in their last 6 games, 2-7 in their last 9 road games, and have an Over record of 6-1 in their last 7 road games.
Texas is 4-1 in their last 5 games, 2-5 in their last 7 home games against left-handed starters, and has an Over record of 8-0-1 in their last 9 home games against teams with a winning record.
In the last 8 meetings between these 2 teams the total has gone Under.
Our Selection : Neither team hits lefties well and both of today's starters have been hot. Oakland starter Gio Gonzalez has allowed only 5 runs in his last 20.2 innings while Texas starter Derek Holland has been dominate in the minors this season with a 41 record and a miniscule ERA of 0.93. Take Under 9 runs at SportsInteraction.
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