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Sport / league:: MLB
Event / fixture:: Oakland at Texas
Event date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 at 10:05 AM
Market:: Head-to-head
Tip:: Oakland Athletics @ 2.01 (bet365)
Tip Result:: Loss

The 43-30 Oakland Athletics are the slight underdog here but I give them a slightly better than 50:50 chance of winning. This season they have been a much more profitable team to bet on than the 39-32 Texas Rangers, going 14-14 as the underdog and 29-16 as the favourite.

Oakland starting pitcher Tom Milone has a 3.61 ERA and 6-6 record for the season. He was unfortunate to be on the losing side in his last two starts, with his team only putting 2 and 1 runs on the board. Milone has faced Texas three times, giving up 4, then 1 then 0 earned runs over a combined 21 innings.

Texas are 1-7 in their last 8 and 1-7 in their last 8 at home. A major part of the problem is run production. They have only put more than 2 runs on the board once in their last 5 games. Starting pitcher Justin Grimm has a 5.59 ERA with a 5-5 W/L record this season. He faced Oakland previously in May and gave up 5 earned runs in 5 innings for a 5-1 defeat.

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