OAKLAND ATHLETICS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
Baseball : United States : MLB Regular Season
Tuesday, August 24th 2010 - Start 7:05PM ET
(12:05AM GMT)

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OAKLAND ATHLETICS
61-62 W/L, 23-35 Road, 4-6 Last 10, L2 Streak

Gio Gonzalez has a very special relationship with Cleveland Indians. He owns them. Gonzalez met Cleveland in July and pitched 6.2 innings, giving up SFA in a 3-0 win for Oakland. He faced them even before that and pitched 7 innings giving up, yep, SFA, in an 11-0 win for Oakland.

Gonzalez also faced the Indians on 2 occasions last season, and allowed a total of just 3 earned runs in 2 starts, giving his team a 2-0 record in those matches. To sum up, he owns the Indians.

Gonzalez is coming off a 7 inning performance in Toronto where he gave up just 2 hits. Current good form is clearly what he boasts at the moment, with a 2.49 ERA and a .200 batting average against in 7 starts since the AS break.

CLEVELAND INDIANS
50-74 W/L, 26-33 Home, 3-7 Last 10, L3 Steak

Fausto Carmona is the home pitcher tonight and he is slumping hard. He is 1-4 with a 7.07 ERA in his last 5 starts, which is enough to say his current form is awful. The Indians themselves are 3-11 in their last 14. So hey, at least they're all stinking it up together.

In losing their last 6 series, they have lost to the likes of Seattle and Baltimore. The Indians have also lost 9 of the last 11 meetings with Oakland. So, the price here is a good'un.

The Indians offence is looking weak too, having scored just 3 runs in 3 games en route to being swept by Detroit. They don't seem to be the kind of team who can have any success tonight against a pitcher that owns them.

BETTING VERDICT

Gonzalez owns the Indians. Did I mention that? Yeah.

The Pick :

Oakland wins

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take the Oakland Athletics @ 1.92 (Pinnacle) - MAIN BET