The Oakland Athletics will look for another road win on Friday as they visit the Toronto Blue Jays. Let’s look at the game and baseball betting odds.
Baseball Betting Odds: The Oakland Athletics have been an excellent road team this season and they will look for another road win on Friday at the Toronto Blue Jays. The Oakland Athletics have had one of the top overall records in baseball this season and they have the top run differential in the league. They could be road favorites on Friday as they visit the Toronto Blue Jays. Let’s look at the matchup and baseball betting picks.
Oakland Athletics Continue to Roll
The Oakland Athletics have been the best team in baseball of late. They went into this week having won nine of their last ten games and outscored their opponents in those ten games by an amazing margin of 71 to 18. They lead the American League in runs scored and in fewest runs allowed. They have an excellent pitching staff that has three players in the top ten in ERA and they have two of the top hitters in Josh Donaldson and Brandon Moss. If not for the Detroit Tigers, they would be the best team in the league.
Probable Pitching Matchup
It should be Scott Kazmir going for the Oakland Athletics on Friday. He went just 1.1 innings on Saturday before getting ejected for arguing balls and strikes. Kazmir is 5-1 this season with a 2.39 ERA.
R.A. Dickey is expected to get the start on Friday. He comes into this game at 4-4 with a 4.20 ERA. He continues to be fine until he gets into the seventh inning when he implodes. He has allowed seven runs on 10 hits in eight appearances in the seventh inning. Dickey has struggled in his career against the Oakland Athletics with a 1-4 record and a 4.92 ERA.
Game Notes
These teams have split their last ten meetings overall. It has actually been a road team series as the Oakland Athletics have won 7 of the last 10 in Toronto with four of the last six going over.
Baseball Betting Picks
I will take the Oakland Athletics to get the road win on Friday night.
