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Oakland at Houston

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Teams	ROT	Record	Consensus	ML	OU
OAK	973	25-23 (12-13 V)	76%	-153
HOU	974	14-33 (8-17 H)	24%	141	8.5

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Starting: OAK T. Milone L | HOU E. Bedard L

Covers Contests Team Experts

Rank	Member	Units	WLT	Sides	Totals	Last 10	History
1	bluelion	15245	69-40-2	38-28-2	31-12-0	6-4-0	View
2	Shovelhead76	15075	58-25-0	31-12-0	27-13-0	4-6-0	View
3	buffalobob	14140	51-22-1	37-8-0	14-14-1	5-5-0	View
4	Matt2500	12000	56-30-3	38-16-2	18-14-1	6-3-1	View
5	casinogranny	11985	67-39-3	42-20-2	25-19-1	6-3-1	View
6	paulk3129	11630	73-46-3	46-24-2	27-22-1	6-4-0	View
7	sorakairy03	10915	38-16-1	21-10-0	17-6-1	6-3-1	View
8	ewillie169	10835	55-33-2	37-20-1	18-13-1	6-4-0	View
9	sovicious4u	10370	63-41-3	37-25-2	26-16-1	7-3-0	View
10	icecherryusa	9885	33-15-0	32-14-0	1-1-0	5-5-0	View
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Statistics

	W-L	Units	Home	Away	RL W/L	RL Units
ATS	25-23	+224	13-10	12-13	26-22	+117
	O/U	Home	Away	AF	AA	WHIP
O/U	30-18	14-9	16-9	4.5	4.4	1.25

AL West Standings

Team	W/L	OU
Texas	30-17	17-28-2
Oakland	25-23	30-18
LA Angels	20-27	31-16
Seattle	20-27	21-23-3
Houston	14-33	29-16-2
Full Standings

Team Leaders

HR	Yoenis Cespedes	9
BA	Josh Donaldson	.308
OPS	Josh Donaldson	.900
ERA	Tom Milone	3.47
Wins	Bartolo Colon	4
WHIP	Tom Milone	1.19
Player Stats \| Full Roster

Offense

	Season Stats	Rank
Runs/G	4.54	11
BA	.241	25
OPS	.721	15
HR	45	21
SB	28	12
Full Statistics

Defense

	Season Stats	Rank
ERA	4.02	17
WHIP	1.25	11
Ks	353	15
Quality Starts	27	10
Errors	27	20
Full Statistics

Line Up - Last Game

Pitchers
Pos	Player
SP RP	Jarrod Parker Jerry Blevins

Hitters
Pos	Player
CF DH PH-DH LF 1B 3B RF C 2B SS	Coco Crisp John Jaso Luke Montz Yoenis Cespedes Brandon Moss Josh Donaldson Seth Smith Derek Norris Eric Sogard Adam Rosales

Injuries

Oakland Athletics \| In-Depth
				W/L*	O/U*
Fielders		Status/Updated		Current	Current
Jed Lowrie	SS	Ques Fri - Foot - 5/22/13	notesLowrie was hit by a pitch and left Tuesday's game with a bruised right foot. He is experiencing heavy swelling and did not play Wednesday. He is questionable against the Astros on Friday.	0-1 $-100	0-1
Scott Sizemore	2B	out for season - Knee - 4/16/13	notesSizemore left Oakland's game on April 9th after tearing his left ACL for the second time. He underwent surgery on April 16th and will miss the entire season.	19-21 $-161	23-17
Josh Reddick	RF	15-day DL - Wrist - 5/13/13	notesReddick has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with right wrist inflammation, which may require surgery.	7-8 $-34	4-11
Hiroyuki Nakajima	SS	15-day DL - Hamstring - 3/30/13	notesNakajima has been placed on the 15-day disabled list and will be out indefinitely.	25-23 $+224	30-18
Pitcher		Status/Updated
Brett Anderson	SP	15-day DL - Foot - 5/20/13	notesAnderson has been diagnosed with a navicular stress fracture of his right foot. He is currently on the 15-day disabled list and is expected to miss four weeks before resuming baseball activities.
Fernando Rodriguez	RP	60-day DL - Elbow - 3/31/13	notesRodriguez has been placed on the 60-day disabled list after undergoing Tommy John surgery March 28th. He will miss the entire 2013 season.

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Weather

Current Conditions - Oakland

CLEAR 52 °F
Wind: CLM 0
5-Day Forecast

Schedule/Results

Remaining Games Next 5:
Date	vs.	Last Meeting		ATS
05/24/13	@ HOU	W 7-5 04/17/2013		W/O
05/25/13	@ HOU	W 7-5 04/17/2013		W/O
05/26/13	@ HOU	W 7-5 04/17/2013		W/O
05/27/13	SF	L 2-4 06/24/2012		L/U
05/28/13	SF	L 2-4 06/24/2012		L/U
Past Results Last 10:
Date	vs.	Score	M/L	O/U
05/22/13	@ TEX	L 1-3	L 108	U 10
05/21/13	@ TEX	W 1-0	W 188	U 8.5
05/20/13	@ TEX	W 9-2	W 124	O 10.5
05/19/13	KC	W 4-3	W -164	U 8
05/18/13	KC	W 2-1	W -137	U 7
05/17/13	KC	W 2-1	W 103	U 7
05/15/13	TEX	L 2-6	L -112	U 8.5
05/14/13	TEX	L 5-6	L 105	O 7.5
05/13/13	TEX	W 5-1	W -120	U 8
05/12/13	@ SEA	L 1-6	L -119	U 7.5

Latest Team News

Oakland Athletics
Napoli, Middlebrooks homer as Red Sox get a win SI.com \| 4/23/2013 5:59:00 AM Rapid Reaction: Red Sox 9, A's 6 ESPN.com \| 4/23/2013 3:29:00 AM Napoli slam helps Red Sox power past A's ESPN.com \| 4/23/2013 3:28:00 AM Red Sox roll over A's thanks to Napoli's heroics Major League Baseball \| 4/23/2013 2:45:00 AM Red Sox 9, Athletics 6 ESPN.com \| 4/23/2013 2:28:00 AM MORE STORIES >>

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