The Oakland Athletics came up short on Tuesday against the New York Yankees in their first game of a three game set and hope to even things up tonight at the Coliseum. The A’s will send RHP Justin Duchscherer (5-4, 2.32 ERA) to the mound while the Yankees will counter with RHP Darrell Rasner (3-3, 2.58 ERA). MLB Betting oddsmakers at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com have the Athletics listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Yankees, while the game's total is sitting at 8.
Darrell Rasner suffered a tough-luck 2-1 loss against the Royals Friday. It marked his third straight loss, despite giving up just two runs in eight innings. The righty threw a career-high 118 pitches, scattering nine hits and striking out four. Rasner said he won't change how he's pitching and against Oakland, he'll look for some run support from the Yankees offense, which has scored just three combined runs in Rasner's last three starts. Rasner is 0-0 when starting against Oakland with an ERA of 0.00 and a WHIP of 0.938.His team's record is 1-0 (+1.0 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 1-0 (+1.0 units).
Justin Duchscherer survived a scary hit to his left wrist and bounced back to toss another solid pitching performance in his last start against Detroit. He allowed just two runs on three hits despite a career-high five walks. It was the fifth time this season he tossed at least six innings and the seventh time he allowed two runs or fewer. Duchscherer faced the Yankees for just one inning last year, giving up two hits and no runs. He is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA lifetime against New York, all in relief. Duchscherer has no recent record against the Yankees.
Chien-Ming Wang allowed one run over 7 1-3 innings to get the win, as the Yankees defeated the Athletics 3-1 on Tuesday night.
New York cashed as -140 road favorites as the teams played under the 8.5-run total listed by sportsbooks.
Melky Cabrera hit a solo homer for the Yankees, while Alex Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with a run batted in for New York.
Mark Ellis was 3-for-4 with a RBI for Oakland, as losing pitcher Dana Eveland gave up two runs over six innings for the Athletics.
Point-Spreads.com MLB Betting Pick: Oakland -115
