A's Will Top Jays
Oakland looks to continue their torrid pace on the road in Toronto behind right-hander Dan Haren.
By: Mike Rose
A huge edge has to go to the A's tonight in the starting pitching department. Danny Haren has rediscovered his early season form, and has been nothing short of dominant. He's 3-0 in his last three starts with a 1.35 ERA and miniscule 0.95 WHIP. He's only given up 16 hits in 20 innings of work and struck out 22 while walking three.
His counterpart, Ted Lilly, is 1-2 in his last three games with a 6.06 ERA and has given up 22 hits in only 16 innings of work. Haren's won both of his career starts in Toronto, and the A's have hit left-handed pitching much better of late sporting a .289 batting average.
Oakland currently holds a 4.5 game lead in the AL West, while the Blue Jays find themselves 7.5 back in the AL Wild Card race and nine games out in the AL East. After unforgivingly dropping the doubleheader in KC on Friday, the A's got back to their winning ways by taking the Saturday and Sunday games. They've won eight of their last 10 overall, and continue to be one of the hottest teams in all of baseball. So hot that they've rattled off 19 wins in their last 24 games. That's crazy insane!
On the other hand, Toronto has fizzled out over the last month playing close to .500 ball. With the way New York has catapulted themselves in the AL East, it doesn't look like the BJ's will be extending their season past their 162nd game.
Play: Athletics -115
Oakland looks to continue their torrid pace on the road in Toronto behind right-hander Dan Haren.
By: Mike Rose
A huge edge has to go to the A's tonight in the starting pitching department. Danny Haren has rediscovered his early season form, and has been nothing short of dominant. He's 3-0 in his last three starts with a 1.35 ERA and miniscule 0.95 WHIP. He's only given up 16 hits in 20 innings of work and struck out 22 while walking three.
His counterpart, Ted Lilly, is 1-2 in his last three games with a 6.06 ERA and has given up 22 hits in only 16 innings of work. Haren's won both of his career starts in Toronto, and the A's have hit left-handed pitching much better of late sporting a .289 batting average.
Oakland currently holds a 4.5 game lead in the AL West, while the Blue Jays find themselves 7.5 back in the AL Wild Card race and nine games out in the AL East. After unforgivingly dropping the doubleheader in KC on Friday, the A's got back to their winning ways by taking the Saturday and Sunday games. They've won eight of their last 10 overall, and continue to be one of the hottest teams in all of baseball. So hot that they've rattled off 19 wins in their last 24 games. That's crazy insane!
On the other hand, Toronto has fizzled out over the last month playing close to .500 ball. With the way New York has catapulted themselves in the AL East, it doesn't look like the BJ's will be extending their season past their 162nd game.
Play: Athletics -115
