Oldman's Pick For Thursday 7/13/06 - 9-4 (+6.24) YTD

oldmanTED · Jul 13, 2006

Well, the second half of the MLB season gets underway tonight and I'm looking at the nationally televised game between Oakland and Boston. Oakland finished the first half of the season with 3 straight losses and 4 of the last 5 and sends Esteban Loaiza to the mound with a record of 3-5 (6.43 ERA and 7.05 on the road) coming off 5.1 innings against the Angels giving up 4 ER, 8 H, 4 HR, 3 BB, with 4 K's. Meanwhile, Boston finished the first half of the season winning 3 of 4 and 17 or their last 22 and send rookie sensation John Lester to the mound with a record of 4-0 (3.08 ERA and 2.57 ERA in his last 5 starts) coming off 6 innings on the road against the White Sox giving up 2 ER, 6 H, 0 HR, 3 BB with 3 K's. The A's average 3.7 runs against lefty's while the Sox average 6.1 runs against righty's. Hence,

1* Boston -1.5 (-108)(Pinnacle)

Year To Date Record: 9-4 (+6.24)

Good Luck All.

billsfan · Jul 13, 2006

Like this one alot....Gl to us

Boxslayer · Jul 13, 2006

im on it. good luck.

oldmanTED · Jul 13, 2006

billsfan said:
Like this one alot....Gl to us

Billsfan:

Glad to see you agree. Best of luck tonight.

oldmanTED · Jul 13, 2006

Boxslayer32 said:
im on it. good luck.

Box:

Always great to hear from you. I owe you for the CWS. Best of luck tonight and beyond.:toast:

oldmanTED · Jul 13, 2006

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OAKLAND AT BOSTON -- LINEUPS

OAKLAND                                 BOSTON                                
                         AVG  HR  RBI                            AVG  HR  RBI   
Jason Kendall C         .264   1   22   Kevin Youkilis 1B       .297  10   43   
Nick Swisher 1B         .258  20   52   Mark Loretta 2B         .305   3   37   
Bobby Kielty LF         .298   3   16   David Ortiz DH          .278  31   87   
Frank Thomas DH         .238  19   46   Manny Ramirez LF        .306  24   65   
Jay Payton RF           .282   5   32   Trot Nixon RF           .311   6   43   
Bobby Crosby SS         .238   8   35   Jason Varitek C         .232   9   40   
Mark Kotsay CF          .246   6   30   Mike Lowell 3B          .307  11   46   
Mark Ellis 2B           .219   3   13   Coco Crisp CF           .268   4   14   
Antonio Perez 3B        .091   1    6   Alex Gonzalez SS        .284   5   27   

Esteban Loaiza RHP      (3-5, 6.43)     Jon Lester LHP          (4-0, 3.06)