Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Betting Odds & Stats |
| Written by Matt Stevens | |||
| Tuesday, 16 June 2009 17:50 | |||
The Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Dodger Stadium in an interleague contest. Dallas Braden will be the starting pitcher for the Athletics on this day. Lefthander Braden is 5-5 this season with a 3.33 ERA. The Dodgers will counter Braden with Clayton Kershaw. Lefthander Kershaw has a 4.50 ERA to go along with a 3-5 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total is sitting at 7½. The Athletics lost to San Francisco 7-1 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5). Jack Cust was 2-4 with a solo homer for Oakland and Brett Anderson allowed six runs on eight hits in four innings. The Dodgers defeated Texas 6-3 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Casey Blake homered and drove in four runs for the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley improved to 9-3 on the season after allowing two earned runs on five hits in seven innings. A few trends to consider: Next up:
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