MLB Baseball
2011-07-19 - Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers
A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted
Baseball : North America : MLB
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011, 7:05PM US
(12:05AM GMT)
PREVIEW
The Detroit Tigers host the Oakland A's tonight to begin a 2 game series.
Oakland will recall Guillermo Moscoso from the minors to make his 9th start. So far he is 3-3 with a 2.11ERA, but his recent form has been nothing short of brilliant. In his last 4 outings, 20 innings, he has given up just 1 earned run combined!
Moscoso pitched 7 scoreless innings in his last MLB start, giving up just 2 hits. He has been great during his short stay in the minors, striking out 9 batters. Detroit will have a tough time finding runs against him. In fact, they are having a tough time finding runs against anyone. They have scored just 23 runs in their last 7 matches.
Rick Porcello goes for the Tigers. He comes in on 10 days rest and was very good prior to that too. He gave up just 4 runs in his previous 2 starts. He is now 8-6 for the season with a 4.78ERA.
In Porcello's last start against Oakland, he gave up just 1 run on 7 hits in 6 innings. He had similar success against Oakland last year, giving up 2 runs on 7 hits in over 6 innings.
With Oakland hitting around .220 when on the road, Porcello will be in a good position to help turn this into a pitchers duel.
TEAM STATS
Oakland Athletics
Overall 42-54, Streak W2
Detroit Tigers
Overall 50-45, Streak W1
BETTING VERDICT
I'm going with the under as the total is set to 9.
The Pick :
Under 9 runs to be scored
