Tampa Bay at Oakland

Sure Tampa's Casey Fossum has done very well over his last couple of starts allowing 0 earned runs in 13 innings. But, those two games were at home and we know how the D-Rays perform away from home. Besides, I am not sold on Fossum. The game prior to those two beauties he pitched at home to the Angels and gave up 7 runs before being yanked early in the 2nd inning. Joe Blanton goes for Oakland and he's been solid at home all season and also hot of late. He's 6-4 at home with a 3.90 ERA. Over his last three starts (two of which we on the road no less), he posted a 2.75 ERA allowing just 6 earned runs in 19.7 innings. Oakland has won 8 of the last 10 games played between these two teams here in Oakland. The A's have won 10 of 12 games while Tampa Bay has dropped four straight including the last three games by a combined score of 3-12. And get this: road underdogs of +150 or more with a team batting average of .255 or worse after scoring 2 runs or less 2 straight games are 9-53 (14%) over the last 5 seasons. Tampa Bay is 18-43 on the road for a reason. Oakland here.