Oakland vs Chicago Recap - Athletics Over White Sox 9-7

Oakland vs Chicago Recap - Athletics Over White Sox 9-7

Oakland got 1 1/3 innings of work from Ryan Cook en route to a 9-7 victory over Chicago on Saturday at U.S. Cellular Field.

Oakland was an underdog by +130 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 8.5.

Oakland got 5 innings from Travis Blackley, who gave up 5 earned runs on 6 hits, while striking out 6. Ryan Cook earned the victory, while the Athletics got 2 RBIs from Jonny Gomes in the win.

Chicago's starting pitcher Francisco Liriano worked 3 1/3 innings, giving up 7 hits and 6 earned runs while striking out 0 in the loss. They got 3 hits from Tyler Flowers in a losing cause.

Oakland outhit their counterparts 14-10 in the game.

The game was closed out by Grant Balfour who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 1 batter to earn the save.

 

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Teams
Line
Votes
Score
Votes
Oakland
Houston
-157
+147
70.7%
29.3%
OAK 11
HOU 5
66.8%
33.2%
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AJ Griffin (R)
Lucas Harrell (R)
Final
o/u: 8
 
Philadelphia
Washington
+149
-159
48.4%
51.6%
PHI 5
WSH 3
62.3%
37.7%
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Jonathan Pettibone (R)
Dan Haren (R)
Final
o/u: 7.5
 
St. Louis
LA Dodgers
-125
+115
62.2%
37.8%
STL 3
LA 5
69.4%
30.6%
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John Gast (L)
Ted Lilly (L)
Final
o/u: 7.5
 
Atlanta
NY Mets
-154
+144
70.5%
29.5%
ATL 6
NYM 0
69.2%
30.8%
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Mike Minor (L)
Dillon Gee (R)
Final
o/u: 7
 
Miami
Chi White Sox
+190
-210
28.6%
71.4%
MIA 1
CHW 2
49.6%
50.4%
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Ricky Nolasco (R)
Jake Peavy (R)
Final
o/u: 7
 
Texas
Seattle
+128
-138
53.0%
47.0%
TEX 4
SEA 2
53.9%
46.1%
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Derek Holland (L)
Felix Hernandez (R)
bot 5
o/u: 6.5
 
San Diego
Arizona
+115
-125
39.9%
60.1%
SD 7
ARI 4
40.2%
59.8%
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Andrew Cashner (R)
Wade Miley (L)
top 5
o/u: 9
 
Baltimore
Toronto
-113
+108
 
 
10o
10u
 
 
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Miguel Gonzalez (R)
Chad Jenkins (R)
May 26@
1:07 PM
 
Minnesota
Detroit
+215
-235
 
 
9o
9u
 
 
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Michael Pelfrey (R)
Max Scherzer (R)
May 26@
1:08 PM
 
Chi Cubs
Cincinnati
+176
-183
 
 
7.5o
7.5u
 
 
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Matt Garza (R)
Johnny Cueto (R)
May 26@
1:10 PM
 
Cleveland
Boston
+120
-125
 
 
10o
10u
 
 
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Corey Kluber (R)
Felix Doubront (L)
May 26@
1:35 PM
 
Philadelphia
Washington
+145
-155
 
 
6.5o
6.5u
 
 
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Cole Hamels (L)
Stephen Strasburg (R)
May 26@
1:35 PM
 
NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
+115
-120
 
 
7.5o
7.5u
 
 
» Matchup
CC Sabathia (L)
Alex Cobb (R)
May 26@
1:40 PM
 
Oakland
Houston
-170
+163
 
 
9o
9u
 
 
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Bartolo Colon (R)
Dallas Keuchel (L)
May 26@
2:10 PM
 
LA Angels
Kansas City
-120
+115
 
 
9.5o
9.5u
 
 
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Jerome Williams (R)
Wade Davis (R)
May 26@
2:10 PM
 
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
+115
-125
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
» Matchup
Wandy Rodriguez (L)
Yovani Gallardo (R)
May 26@
2:10 PM
 
Miami
Chi White Sox
+190
-200
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
» Matchup
Alejandro Sanabia (R)
Dylan Axelrod (R)
May 26@
2:10 PM
 
Colorado
San Francisco
+155
-165
 
 
7.5o
7.5u
 
 
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Jon Garland (R)
Matt Cain (R)
May 26@
4:05 PM
 
Texas
Seattle
+114
-119
 
 
7o
7u
 
 
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Nick Tepesech (R)
Hisashi Iwakuma (R)
May 26@
4:10 PM
 
St. Louis
LA Dodgers
+146
-151
 
 
6.5o
6.5u
 
 
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Shelby Miller (R)
Clayton Kershaw (L)
May 26@
4:10 PM
 
San Diego
Arizona
+175
-185
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
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Jason Marquis (R)
Patrick Corbin (L)
May 26@
4:10 PM
 
Atlanta
NY Mets
-125
+115
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
» Matchup
Julio Teheran (R)
Shaun Marcum (R)
May 26@
8:05 PM
 
Baltimore
Washington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Jason Hammel (R)
Stephen Strasburg (R)
May 27@
1:05 PM
 
Pittsburgh
Detroit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Francisco Liriano (L)
Justin Verlander (R)
May 27@
1:08 PM
 
Cleveland
Cincinnati
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Ubaldo Jimenez (R)
Mike Leake (R)
May 27@
1:10 PM
 
Colorado
Houston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Jhoulys Chacin (R)
Bud Norris (R)
May 27@
2:10 PM
 
St. Louis
Kansas City
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Adam Wainwright (R)
James Shields (R)
May 27@
2:10 PM
 
Minnesota
Milwaukee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Kevin Correia (R)
Wily Peralta (R)
May 27@
2:10 PM
 
Miami
Tampa Bay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Jose Fernandez (R)
Jake Odorizzi (R)
May 27@
3:10 PM
 
Texas
Arizona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Yu Darvish (R)
Ian Kennedy (R)
May 27@
3:40 PM
 
San Francisco
Oakland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Madison Bumgarner (L)
Daniel Straily (R)
May 27@
4:05 PM
 
San Diego
Seattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Edinson Volquez (R)
Aaron Harang (R)
May 27@
4:10 PM
 
Atlanta
Toronto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Tim Hudson (R)
Mark Buehrle (L)
May 27@
7:07 PM
 
Philadelphia
Boston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Tyler Cloyd (R)
Clay Buchholz (R)
May 27@
7:10 PM
 
Chi Cubs
Chi White Sox
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Jeff Samardzija (R)
Jose Quintana (L)
May 27@
7:10 PM
 
NY Yankees
NY Mets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
» Matchup
Philip Hughes (R)
Jonathon Niese (L)
May 27@
7:10 PM
 
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