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MLB Matchup
Athletics vs Rays Game Time: 4:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Tropicana Field Surface: Turf

Oakland
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/09/09		Tor	4-6	D/g	-110	-105	9.5+100	9.0+110	Gallagher,se	L	O
5/10/09		Tor	0-5	D/g	-130	-115	9.0+110	8.5-110	Braden,da	L	U
5/12/09		Kc	12-3	N/g	-120	-123	8.5-120	8.5-120	Cahill,tr	W	O
5/13/09		Kc	7-2	N/g	-110	-117	8.5-115	8.5-110	Outman,jo	W	O
5/15/09	At	Det	1-14	N/g	-145	-145	9.0-125	9.5+115	Anderson,br	L	O
5/16/09	At	Det	1-9	N/g	-133	-120	9.5+105	9.0-110	Braden,da	L	O
5/17/09	At	Det	7-11	D/g	-150	-135	9.0-105	9.5+100	Cahill,tr	L	O
5/18/09	At	Tb	4-13	N/t	-148	-135	10.0-120	9.5-115	Gallagher,se	L	O
5/19/09	At	Tb	4-1	N/t	-175	-200	9.0-120	9.5-110	Outman,jo	W	U
5/20/09	At	Tb	7-6	N/t	-180	-175	9.5-125	10.5+100	Anderson,br	W	O
Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/10/09	At	Bos	3-4	N/g	-135	-140	9.0-125	9.5+115	Garza,ma	L	U
5/12/09	At	Bal	5-7	N/g	+115	+113	10.5-120	10.5-105	Sonnanstine	L	O
5/13/09	At	Bal	8-6	N/g	+110	+100	11.0-110	11.0+100	Niemann,je	W	O
5/14/09		Cle	7-11	N/t	-160	-160	9.0-120	9.0-110	Shields,ja	L	O
5/15/09		Cle	8-7	N/t	-180	-160	9.5+105	10.0-120	Kazmir,sc	W	O
5/16/09		Cle	4-2	D/t	-180	-175	9.5-110	9.5+100	Garza,ma	W	U
5/17/09		Cle	7-5	D/t	-153	-145	10.5-110	10.0-105	Sonnanstine	W	O
5/18/09		Oak	13-4	N/t	-148	-135	10.0-120	9.5-115	Niemann,je	W	O
5/19/09		Oak	1-4	N/t	-175	-200	9.0-120	9.5-110	Shields,ja	L	U
5/20/09		Oak	6-7	N/t	-180	-175	9.5-125	10.5+100	Kazmir,sc	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
7/23/08	Oak	4-3	D/t	-185	-200	8.0+110	7.5-115	Shields,ja	W	U
8/12/08	Tb	2-1	N/g	+153	+128	7.5+105	7.0-120	Gonzalez,gi	W	U
8/13/08	Tb	2-3	N/g	-120	-135	7.5-110	7.5+105	Sonnanstine	L	U
8/14/08	Tb	6-7	D/g	+130	+133	7.5-110	7.5-120	Hammel,ja	L	O
4/24/09	Tb	2-8	N/g	+115	+120	8.5+105	8.0-105	Kazmir,sc	L	O
4/25/09	Tb	5-2	D/g	+105	+105	8.5+100	8.5-110	Braden,da	W	U
4/26/09	Tb	7-1	D/g	+105	-105	9.0-125	9.0-105	Eveland,da	W	U
5/18/09	Oak	13-4	N/t	-148	-135	10.0-120	9.5-115	Niemann,je	W	O
5/19/09	Oak	1-4	N/t	-175	-200	9.0-120	9.5-110	Casilla,sa	L	U
5/20/09	Oak	6-7	N/t	-180	-175	9.5-125	10.5+100	Anderson,br	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		8-10	-254	7-12	-290	15-22	-544
Last	10	2-2	-20	2-4	-50	4-6	-70
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		10-10	-500	10-12	-139	20-22	-639
Last	10	4-3	-135	1-2	-123	5-5	-258
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Oakland		4-10	11-12	12-19	3-3	3-5	11-14
Tampa	Bay	7-6	13-16	9-10	11-12	12-15	8-5

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		10-8	+140	11-8	+235	21-16	+375
Last	10	3-1	+190	5-1	+390	8-2	+580
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		13-6	+650	9-12	-375	22-18	+275
Last	10	5-2	+290	2-1	+85	7-3	+375

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(BRADEN,DA)    - OAK                          -180                   73
(GARZA,MA)     - TB         -178   -178       -180       -105        

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  9.0    9.0         8.0        1.0 UN

Away Pitcher

OAKLAND ATHLETICS -- BRADEN,DALLAS (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	4	1	3	23.1	28	10	10	10	18	3.86	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	1
Home	4	2	2	23.2	27	11	9	5	14	3.42	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0
Total	8	3	5	47.0	55	21	19	15	32	3.64	2	2	1	3	3	4	0	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR BRADEN,DALLAS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	22.0	8	8	3.27	17	5	26	2	0	0	2	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/25/09	TB	5-2	W	5.2	1	1	4	3	2	0	+105	+105	8.5+100	8.5-110
4/30/09	at TEX	4-2	W	5.0	0	0	5	4	6	0	-115	-125	10.5-110	11.0+105
5/05/09	LAA	3-5	L	6.0	5	3	8	1	6	0	-150	-137	8.5-120	9.0-115
5/10/09	TOR	0-5	L	6.0	3	3	9	0	3	1	-130	-115	9.0+110	8.5-110
5/16/09	at DET	1-9	L	5.0	6	6	9	2	5	1	-133	-120	9.5+105	9.0-110

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/22/08	at TB	8-1	W	5.0	1	1	4	4	1	0	-167	-153	8.5-125	9.0+110
4/25/09	TB	5-2	W	5.2	1	1	4	3	2	0	+105	+105	8.5+100	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/16/09	at DET	3.0	3	3	9.00	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/17/09	at DET	5.2	4	4	6.35	6	4	5	2	0	0	0	0
5/18/09	at TB	5.2	4	4	6.35	6	4	9	0	0	0	0	0
5/19/09	at TB	5.0	1	1	1.80	6	2	7	1	1	0	0	0
5/20/09	at TB	3.0	2	2	6.00	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- GARZA,MATT (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	3	1	1	19.2	15	8	8	9	17	3.66	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Home	5	3	1	34.1	21	14	13	14	28	3.41	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
Total	8	4	2	54.0	36	22	21	23	45	3.50	3	2	1	0	1	1	3	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR GARZA,MATT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	16.0	14	14	7.88	25	5	12	5	0	2	3	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/25/09	at OAK	2-5	L	5.2	4	4	4	4	6	1	+105	+105	8.5+100	8.5-110
4/30/09	BOS	13-0	W	7.2	0	0	1	1	10	0	-115	+100	9.0-120	9.0+105
5/05/09	BAL	6-3	W	8.0	3	2	4	2	2	2	-210	-190	9.5+110	9.0-115
5/10/09	at BOS	3-4		7.0	3	3	7	2	6	0	-135	-140	9.0-125	9.5+115
5/16/09	CLE	4-2	W	6.0	2	2	5	4	3	0	-180	-175	9.5-110	9.5+100

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/25/09	at OAK	2-5	L	5.2	4	4	4	4	6	1	+105	+105	8.5+100	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/16/09	CLE	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
5/17/09	CLE	3.1	0	0	0.00	1	2	5	0	0	0	1	0
5/18/09	OAK	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/19/09	OAK	2.2	4	0	0.00	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
5/20/09	OAK	4.2	0	0	0.00	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Thu, May 21 5:04 AM EST

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