Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

A winning streak will be on the line for the New York Yankees on Monday when they battle the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

The Yankees will give the ball to starter Javier Vazquez in this one. Righthander Vazquez is 5-7 this season with a 5.13 ERA.

Meanwhile, it’ll be Ben Sheets who starts for the Athletics. Righthander Sheets is 3-7 with a 4.98 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

Marcus Thames singled in the winning run in the 10^th as the Yankees defeated the Blue Jays 7-6 in the series rubber match on Sunday. The Yankees won that game as -230 favorites, and the 13 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks.

Mark Teixeira went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs batted in, and Brett Gardner hit an inside-the-park home run for the Yankees. David Robertson tossed a scoreless 10^th to earn the victory.

Adam Rosales went 2-for-4 with a solo home run as the A?s defeated the Indians 3-1 in the series finale on Sunday. The A?s won the rubber match as +105 underdogs, while the teams played UNDER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks.

Vin Mazzaro allowed seven hits and one run over 7 1-3 innings for the win, while Andrew Bailey closed out the ninth for his 17^th save.

Current streak:
New York has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
New York: 50-31 SU
Oakland: 41-42 SU

New York most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Oakland are 7-3
After playing Toronto are 7-3
After a win are 5-5

Oakland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6
After playing Cleveland are 6-4
After a win are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games on the road
NY Yankees are 13-3 SU in their last 16 games when playing Oakland
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games on the road
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games at home
Oakland is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games when playing at home against NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Oakland’s last 16 games when playing NY Yankees

Next up:
Oakland home to NY Yankees, Tuesday, July 6

Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.