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in our constant battle to to beat the man in the dog days, i'm going to turn to another big chalk favorite this afternoon. if any of you were paying attention to our fearless leader jack a couple of weeks ago, you would have caught his prediction of the current baltimore august swoon. since jack typed those words onto the forum, the orioles are 0-9, dutifly repeating a pattern that has also transpired over the two seasons. they haven't won since august 15th, and have been outscored 61-23 during that span. 6 of those losses have come at the hands of oakland, who have outscored the o's 32-10 in those games.
in fairness, these are not the same o's that started the season with matos, hairston and cordova lost to injuries. to add to the misery, javy lopez was unable to play last night with a strained back, and it's hard to imagine him playing in today's day game in such a situation. as a result, o's have raided triple a ottawa for jose leon and tim raines jr. i'm guessing you're going to see a lot of young blood in the baltimore lineup in the coming weeks.
hard to imagine it getting much worse for the o's than this series in oakland. besides being outscored 32-10, in 98 ab's in the first three games, baltimore has manages 12 singles and 6 doubles for a whopping .183 ba. last night they only had one baserunner reach second base (he was forced by a walk). they've scored 23 times during the current 9 game losing streak.
on the other hand, oakland seems to thrive in the dog days. their current streak of 8 wins in their last 10 is the norm - a's are a remarkable 81-28 in august since 2001. they are locked in a neck-to-neck race with anaheim for the al west title, and the loser will have to contend with texas and a hot boston team for a wild card spot. for a little gravy, oakland is also 5-0 in game four of a series this season.
today's piching matchup doesn't offer much relief for the o's. daniel cabrera seems to have hit the wall - over his last 3 starts, he carries a 13.50 era, .477 ob%, and 2.50 whip. day starts are not much better - 6.31 era, .389 ob%, and 1.71 whip. meanwhie, barry zito owns the o's. in 9 starts vs baltimore, he's averaged 7 innings, 1.90 era, and has allowed no runs in 5 of the 9. and remember, that's against baltimore teams not faced with the injury issues today's o's face. also, zito over the last 3 -2.08 era, .232 ob%. 0.89 whip; zito in day games this year- 3.69 era, .345 ob%. 1.38 whip.
there's no sure things in sports betting, but you have to believe that baltimore is ready to get out of oakland. we're probably going to see some fresh names in todays's baltimore lineup, maybe including leon and raines, who are fresh off the plane from ottawa. but remember, we're laying a lot of juice, so let's keep things reasonable. probably best to put the bet in as early as possible, as this line can go nowhere but up.
glta
in our constant battle to to beat the man in the dog days, i'm going to turn to another big chalk favorite this afternoon. if any of you were paying attention to our fearless leader jack a couple of weeks ago, you would have caught his prediction of the current baltimore august swoon. since jack typed those words onto the forum, the orioles are 0-9, dutifly repeating a pattern that has also transpired over the two seasons. they haven't won since august 15th, and have been outscored 61-23 during that span. 6 of those losses have come at the hands of oakland, who have outscored the o's 32-10 in those games.
in fairness, these are not the same o's that started the season with matos, hairston and cordova lost to injuries. to add to the misery, javy lopez was unable to play last night with a strained back, and it's hard to imagine him playing in today's day game in such a situation. as a result, o's have raided triple a ottawa for jose leon and tim raines jr. i'm guessing you're going to see a lot of young blood in the baltimore lineup in the coming weeks.
hard to imagine it getting much worse for the o's than this series in oakland. besides being outscored 32-10, in 98 ab's in the first three games, baltimore has manages 12 singles and 6 doubles for a whopping .183 ba. last night they only had one baserunner reach second base (he was forced by a walk). they've scored 23 times during the current 9 game losing streak.
on the other hand, oakland seems to thrive in the dog days. their current streak of 8 wins in their last 10 is the norm - a's are a remarkable 81-28 in august since 2001. they are locked in a neck-to-neck race with anaheim for the al west title, and the loser will have to contend with texas and a hot boston team for a wild card spot. for a little gravy, oakland is also 5-0 in game four of a series this season.
today's piching matchup doesn't offer much relief for the o's. daniel cabrera seems to have hit the wall - over his last 3 starts, he carries a 13.50 era, .477 ob%, and 2.50 whip. day starts are not much better - 6.31 era, .389 ob%, and 1.71 whip. meanwhie, barry zito owns the o's. in 9 starts vs baltimore, he's averaged 7 innings, 1.90 era, and has allowed no runs in 5 of the 9. and remember, that's against baltimore teams not faced with the injury issues today's o's face. also, zito over the last 3 -2.08 era, .232 ob%. 0.89 whip; zito in day games this year- 3.69 era, .345 ob%. 1.38 whip.
there's no sure things in sports betting, but you have to believe that baltimore is ready to get out of oakland. we're probably going to see some fresh names in todays's baltimore lineup, maybe including leon and raines, who are fresh off the plane from ottawa. but remember, we're laying a lot of juice, so let's keep things reasonable. probably best to put the bet in as early as possible, as this line can go nowhere but up.
glta
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