Baseball Betting: Athletics vs. Giants Odds & Picks: June 14th 2009

Oakland Athletics vs. San Francisco Giants u7.5 (-110) - Sun Jun 14 ‘09 4:05p
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Not surprisingly, the first two games of the Bay Series between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants have gone Under, and we expect more of the same tonight.

Both of these teams are offensively challenged and both have decent pitching staffs, so these low scoring games are expected. Today, the Giants send Matt Cain to the hill, and has had some of the best stuff in the National League in recent years with very little to show for it. He has managed to go 8-1 this season though, finally getting mentioned among the elite, and he has his typically great 2.55 ERA in 77.2 innings over 12 starts.

Oakland starter Brett Anderson has mediocre overall numbers, but he has been remarkably better in his four afternoon starts, going 2-1 with a 2.84 ERA and a good 1.22 WHIP under the sunshine. The southpaw should be tough vs. a Giants lineup that has never faced them before, and that has struggled enough vs. left-handers that they have seen, batting just .235 against them in the last 10 games.

Finally, the Under is 15-5-1 in the last 21 Oakland games overall and 8-2-1 in the last 11 San Francisco games, and today should not be any different.

MLB Free Pick: Athletics, Giants Under 7.5 (-110)