Gio Gonzalez makes a home start for the A's and that usually means good things especially when he's favored as he's 13-3 in his last 16 favored between -110 to -150. A's are 47-22 in their last 59 as favorites between that number, but looking at the match up I like this even more as he faces off against the Angels who in his last 3 home starts has dominated going 20 innings giving up 0 ER and just 9 hits. Joel Pineiro will oppose him and Pineiro has struggled in 3 starts vs. the A's this season he's given up 22 hits 6 walks in just 13.2 IP for a 9.22 ERA and 2.05 WHIP. In his last 6 road starts in Oakland dating back to 2006 he has a 10.29 ERA he has never liked pitching here for whatever reason. Overall in his last 4 road starts he's given up 18 ER in 15 innings and that includes a struggle with the AL's worst team the Mariners. Pineiro just is not a good road pitcher with an ERA approaching 6 this year on the road. To make matters worse the A's hit him hard as DeJesus, Matsui, Pennington, are 26-75 for an average of .375 vs. him. Overall the A's have 165 ab with a .303 average and .783 ops. Angels are just 1-5 in their last 6 and this misconception that the A's can't hit at home is over rated they are scoring 4.5 runs per 9 and they have a team ERA of 3.15 so they are very capable. They just do it the old fashioned way.
