Oakland Athletics vs. New York Yankees

- The Oakland Athletics will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

The Athletics will trot Dana Eveland out to the mound in this one. Righthander Eveland has a 0-0 record and a 6.75 ERA this season.

Meanwhile, it’ll be Andy Pettitte who starts for the Yankees. Lefthander Pettitte is 1-0 with a 2.51 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 195-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total is sitting at 9½.

The Athletics lost to Toronto 1-0 as a +120 underdog on Sunday. The one run scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).

Dallas Braden took the loss for Oakland despite allowing only one runs on seven hits over 7 1-3 innings.

The Yankees defeated Cleveland 7-3 as a -260 favorite on Sunday. The 10 runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10.5).

Jorge Posada hit a pinch-hit two-run home for New York and Cody Ransom had three RBI in the win.

Current streak:
Oakland has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Oakland: 5-7 SU
New York: 7-6 SU

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing Toronto are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7

New York most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 5-5
After a win are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Oakland’s last 11 games
Oakland is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games when playing Oakland
NY Yankees are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games when playing at home against Oakland
NY Yankees are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games at home

Next up:
NY Yankees home to Oakland, Wednesday, April 22