Baseball Betting: Athletics vs. Dodgers Odds & Picks: June 17th 2009

Oakland Athletics @ Los Angeles Dodgers o7.5 (-115 Odds) - Wed June 17 ‘09 10:10p
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Trevor Cahill of the Oakland Athletics has not pitched well when away from the spacious dimensions of home, and while Kiroki Kuroda has pitched well at home for the Los Angeles Dodgers, this total is low enough where the Dodgers may approach this Over by themselves.

Now Cahill is a highly regarded prospect with a bright future ahead of him, but his home/away splits in his rookie year suggest that while he has learned to pitch to the dimensions of his home stadium, this has not translated well on the road. He is winless in five road starts with a high 5.18 ERA and a horrible 1.81 WHIP, and he is facing an LA lineup that is batting a nice .283 as a team at home, and that has continued to play well here even without Manny Ramirez.

As for his counterpart, Kuroda is 1-2 but with a 2.86 ERA and 1.09 WHIP. Keep in mind though that he has made only four starts, with three of them coming since June 1 when he was activated. What is somewhat alarming is that he is coming off of the worst outing since he comeback, as he was roughed up for five runs and eight hits in 5.1 innings by the Texas Rangers last Friday.

Besides, as mentioned earlier, Kuroda may only need to give up two or three runs to secure this Over, give the current road form of Cahill and the fact that the Oakland bullpen has imploded with a collective 5.40 ERA over the last 10 games.

MLB Free Pick: Athletics, Dodgers Over 7.5 (-115)