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MLB (Alameda County Colliseum, Oakland) - 22.06.2010, 4:05 CET
Single Dime (3 units): Oakland Athletics - Cincinnati Reds
Generally speaking I'm always giving slight advantage to AL teams over NL teams in Interleague games, so Athletics seem to be favorites at first sight from the definition. To be honest they've got also some more important edges over today's opponents, so I suppose @ 1.820 on moneyline is great. First of all, they're with home-field advantage, where they're 21-13 this season, which is fairly good record, although they've been struggling hugely in latest game. They're only 2-7 in last 9 matches, having quite of an offensive slump, although I think that this opening game of home series will be great for a bounce back (all these nine games were on road, where they're a lot worse). Their yesterday 3-2 win over Cardinals was important for their confidence, so as they also know about horrible Reds current form, they'll try to sweep them and take advantage of two consecutive easy series in Oakland. At the moment they're 34-37 and are 8 games back to Rangers, so wins over Reds and Pirates are really needed. Truly speaking guests are 1-6 in last 7 games and have got three consecutive losses, after being swept by Mariners. It was an extremely disappointing and embarrasing series because they scored only 1 run in 3 games, losing 0-1 twice. That must have been irritating for the team and I doubt they'll be hitting a lot better overnight, especially that Gio Gonzalez (6-5, 4.21 ERA) is quite solid, though had mediocre last two starts. On the other hand I think that Mike Leake (5-1, 3.02 ERA) is really overestimated because he isn't a superior pitcher right now, while his inexperienced as a rookie is visible on the mound. He was lucky in the beginning of the season, however his last two starts showed that he ain't consistent - he allowed 10 earned runs in 10.1 innings against Giants and Dodgers, pitching more walks than strike-outs. 3 homeruns and 20 hits in these two starts is enough for me to have a belief that A's will produce some runs today. Something like 5-2 is expected in here for me.
3 units (Single Dime) on Oakland Athletics (ML) (@ 1.820 Pinnacle)