MLB odds favor the San Diego Padres as they host the Oakland Atheltics on Sunday in the finale of a three-game Interleague series. The Padres have been very good at home this season while the A’s have struggled on the road. Even though the Padres have been good at home they have struggled historically against the A’s versus the MLB betting odds.
Baseball odds are interesting to consider in terms of the schedule in this game. The A’s are playing the last game of a 9-game road trip while the Padres are playing the finale of a six-game homestand. Before this online betting series began, the A’s had won 6 of the last 10 games against San Diego in MLB betting odds. Those baseball odds games go back to 1999 since these teams don’t meet a great deal. The last time they met was in 2006 in San Diego and the Padres won two of the three games. You then have to back up to 2001 for the last time they met in online sports betting. The A’s won two of three in San Diego versus the MLB odds back in 2001.
Oakland has struggled this season on the road versus the baseball odds. The A’s have only been .500 at home this season and that is another of their problems. Oakland has gotten a little better on offense recently as Matt Holliday and Jason Giambi have started to hit. The problem for Oakland is that their pitching staff has slumped versus the baseball odds. Early in the year the A’s were getting solid starting pitching but now it is inconsistent. The A’s have usually been a team to watch in baseball odds as the season progresses and that could be the case again if their young pitchers continue to improve.
The Padres have been a home/road dichotomy team this season versus the baseball odds. San Diego has been very good at home but they have struggled on the road versus the MLB betting odds. The Padres have one of the best hitters in the game in Adrian Gonzalez, yet they are next to last in runs scored as MLB odds numbers show. That is a huge problem. What happens when Gonzalez slumps? The Padres have been nothing special in terms of runs allowed as MLB odds numbers indicate. Heath Bell has been a great closer though and he is a big plus for San Diego in baseball betting odds.
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