posted June 13, 2008 at 19:12 in MLB Articles

An interleague sports betting Battle of the Bays continues on Saturday as the Oakland Athletics take on their across the Golden Gate Bridge rivals, the San Francisco Giants. Both the Athletics and the Giants are definite surprises this year. The Athletics actually might make the playoffs while the Giants, even though they probably won’t secure a wild-card berth, are still plenty better then what most baseball betting enthusiasts predicted. The G-Men send pitcher Matt Cain to the mound for this game. Cain has a 3 and 4 record and an ERA of 4.43. He’s actually doing okay considering that some thought the Giants would be the worst team in major league baseball this season.

The Oakland Athletics counter with pitcher Rich Harden. Harden has been pretty good this season racking up a record of 3 and 0 and an ERA of 2.85. He’s pitched in eight games so only getting three wins is a concern for MLB betting fans, but he’s obviously talented.

Here are my personal online betting odds in this game.

Oakland Athletics

Rich Harden – R - 1 ½ + 155 - 110 O 9 Ev

San Francisco Giants

Matt Cain – R + 1 ½ - 165 - 110 U 9 - 120

Here are a few online wagering trends not counting Friday’s games that might help us find a good online bet in this game.

The Oakland Athletics are 6 and 1 in their last 7 games as the favorite.

The Oakland Athletics are 2 and 8 in their last 10 games as a favorite on the road.

The San Francisco Giants are 4 and 1 in their last 5 games versus a team with a winning record.

The San Francisco Giants are 1 and 5 in their last 6 games versus a team from the American League West Division.

The Athletics might actually be a slight favorite in this game. Because it’s interleague play, it might not be a good idea to dump on a team like the Athletics even though they appear to be far superior to the Giants.

For BetUS online sportsbook fans, the best thing to do is probably to go ahead and give up the – 1 ½ runs on Rich Harden, he figures to be the favorite in this game, and try to make a few dollars above even money.

Harden is the much better pitcher in this match-up and the Athletics are a stronger team. The Giants will play well, they always seem to, but the Athletics should have too much.

Because I’m predicting that the odds on Richard Harden will be better, money-wise, then the odds on Matt Cain, that’s where my dollars will probably go.

I’ll probably make an online wager on Rich Harden and the Oakland Athletics to beat the San Francisco Giants by at least two runs in Saturday’s game.

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