2:10 pm
May 16

Athletics @ Twins

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oakland Athletics (24-17)

@ Minnesota Twins (13-24)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Bassitt (OAK): 3-2; 3.54 ERA

Maeda (MIN) 2-2; 5.08 ERA

 

Current odds:

Oakland Athletics: (+105)

Minnesota Twins: (-115)

 

• Maeda (2-2, 5.08 ERA), the runner-up for the American League Cy Young Award last season, will be making just his second career start against the A’s. The first one on April 21 in Oakland wasn’t pretty. Maeda allowed seven runs on eight hits, including two home runs by Matt Olson and another by Seth Brown, over three innings in a game that the A’s eventually won in 10 innings, 13-12.

• Oakland, playing the final game of a six-game road trip that began by winning two of three games at AL East-leading Boston, will counter with right-hander Chris Bassitt (3-2, 3.54 ERA). Bassitt is 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA in five career games and two starts against Minnesota, including 1-0 with a 2.89 ERA in four games and two starts at Target Field.

• Oakland clubbed four home runs to win the series opener on Friday night, 6-1, but Minnesota bounced back in dramatic fashion to even the series with a 5-4 victory on Saturday afternoon, snapping a five-game losing streak in the process.

• Miguel Sano was batting just .114 when he stepped into the box against left-handed reliever Jake Diekman in the eighth inning. But he hit a three-run homer that hit the top of the limestone overlay and then bounced into the right field bleachers to give the Twins just their second victory in 10 games.

5/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Oakland Athletics
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