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| The Florida Marlins Stay Out West To Take on Oakland |
Betting baseball will make the long season more exciting and there is no place better to wager on major league baseball than BetPhoenix. Online sportsbook BetPhoenix has the latest odds and wagering opportunities on every game in baseball. In a little more than a week, the struggling Florida Marlins have endured a managerial change, a home series that took place on the opposite side of the country and one of the strangest losses in franchise history. That might make a matchup in Oakland against resurgent left-hander Gio Gonzalez seem less daunting than it appears to be. Continuing a road trip that began much earlier than expected, Florida faces Gonzalez on Tuesday night looking to prevent the Athletics from matching their longest home win streak from each of the past two seasons. After Edwin Rodriguez resigned on June 19 amid a franchise record-tying 11-game skid, the Marlins welcomed back Jack McKeon, who led the team to its second World Series title in 2003. The 80-year-old McKeon’s second stint with the team, however, hasn’t gotten off to a strong start with four losses in six games. Being forced to play a home series in Seattle likely didn’t help. Florida (34-44) was sent to Safeco Field this past weekend because Sun Life Stadium was preparing for Wednesday’s rescheduled U2 concert. The Marlins dropped two of three games to the Mariners and Sunday’s 2-1 loss - their 22nd in 25 games this month - was likely their most bizarre yet. Steve Cishek’s third pitch on an attempted intentional walk in the 10th inning sailed over catcher John Buck’s head, allowing the go-ahead run to score from third. “There can’t be too many other ways (to lose), right?” Buck said. “Well, we’ve got that one crossed off the list. Hopefully that will be it.” If Gonzalez (6-5, 2.59 ERA) can maintain his current form, Florida might lose by a more traditional method. Following three consecutive losses, the left-hander is 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA over his last two outings and has registered 18 strikeouts to three walks. He fanned eight and walked one in a 3-2, 13-inning loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday, allowing one run and four hits over seven innings. Gonzalez, among the league leaders in ERA, received less than three runs of support for the fifth time in six starts. “I battled all the way, just trying to keep the team in the game,” Gonzalez told the team’s website after retiring 15 of the final 17 batters he faced. The left-hander, who has never faced Florida, has a 1.01 ERA in his last four interleague starts but hasn’t received a decision in any of them. The A’s (35-44) have lost four of five since a season-high six-game win streak. However, they have won a season-best five in a row at home, limiting the opposition to 10 runs. Their longest home winning streaks of the past five years both lasted six games, once each in 2009 and 2010. Trying to prevent Oakland from equaling that feat is veteran right-hander Javier Vazquez (4-7, 6.37), who earned his first win in six starts last Tuesday. That 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels was also McKeon’s first in the majors since 2005 and ended the team’s 11-game slide. Vazquez tossed 5 1-3 scoreless innings despite allowing a season-high 10 hits. He’s 4-0 with a 2.16 ERA in his last four games against the A’s and earned three of those wins last season while with the New York Yankees. The Marlins will get the jump on the A’s and win game one in an upset. Play on the Florida Marlins 
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The Florida Marlins just finished an interesting series with the Seattle Mariners and now they stay on the West Coast to take on the Oakland A’s.
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