Tonight the Oakland Athletics will travel to Turner Field to play the Atlanta Braves.  Atlanta will send starter Tim Hudson to the mound, as he will get a chance to face his former team.  He will make his first start against the struggling Athletics this season.

Hudson comes into the game with a record of 6-2 with an era of 2.54.  He played for Oakland in 1999 thought 2005 where he had a record of 92-39 with an era of 3.30.  In 2005 he was traded to Atlanta.  Hudson will be looking to help the Braves who are 21-20 win tonight.  In inter league play he has a record of 10-10 with an era of 3.75.  He has a terrible record of 0-8 with an era of 7.32 against the American League ever since switching leagues.  During his last 3 starts Hudson has been red hot.  He has allowed just 2 runs in 23 innings and he only gave up one run in 7 innings on Monday.  Atlanta has also won 8 straight home games and have the best home record in baseball at 15-4.  Currently Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have the Braves as -143 favorites heading into tonight’s game.

Oakland comes into tonight’s game with a record of 23-20.   They have lost four straight games and fell to 1-6 on their 9 game road trip.  They have only managed to score 4 runs in their last 4 games.  Rich Harden will take the mound for Oakland.  He is 1-0 with a 3.68 era and will try to help them end their losing skid.  He is making his first appearance against the Braves this season.  He is 2-1 with a 2.89 era in 6 games against Atlanta is his career.  I like Atlanta to continue their hot streak tonight and get a win over Oakland.

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