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The Oakland Athletics (28-49) will look to Zachary Gelof, who has blasted homers in three straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Minnesota Twins (41-34) Friday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Twins and Royce Lewis (who has a two-game home run streak of his own) are -159 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 9:40 PM ET live on BSN.
Minnesota’s Chris Paddack gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Joey Estes.
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Twins and Athletics Betting Trends
The Twins have won 64% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (32-18).
Minnesota has a record of 19-8 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -159 or shorter (70.4% winning percentage).
The Athletics have been underdogs in 67 games this season and won 21 (31.3%) of those contests.
Oakland has entered 45 games this season as the underdog by +134 or more and is 13-32 in those contests.
The Twins have played in 75 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 34 times (34-39-2).
The Athletics and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 32 of their 76 opportunities.
Twins Stats & Insights
The Twins rank 11th in runs scored with 349, 4.7 per game.
Minnesota averages 1.2 home runs per game to rank fifth in MLB play with 88 total home runs.
The Twins’ .245 batting average ranks 15th in the majors.
Minnesota strikes out 8.2 times per game to rank 14th in the majors.
The Twins pitching staff is third in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
Minnesota’s 4.23 team ERA ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
Athletics Stats & Insights
The Athletics have scored the 28th-most runs in the league this season with just 280 (3.6 per game).
Oakland’s 87 home runs rank sixth in Major League Baseball.
The Athletics have a team batting average of just .223 this season, which ranks 28th among MLB teams.
Oakland is a team with a lot of swing and miss this season, ranking 29th with an average of 9.7 strikeouts per game.
The Athletics average just nine strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in the big leagues.
Oakland has the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.29) in the majors this season.
Twins Key Players to Watch
Paddack (5-3) gets the starting nod for the Twins in his 15th start of the season. He has a 5.25 ERA in 73 2/3 innings pitched, with 67 strikeouts.
Carlos Correa leads Minnesota with a .308 batting average. He’s also hit eight homers and has 35 RBI.
Carlos Santana leads Minnesota in home runs with 12 and runs batted in with 38.
Willi Castro is slashing .270/.356/.430 this season for the Twins.
Ryan Jeffers leads Minnesota in home runs with 12 while driving in 37 runs and slugging .472.
Athletics Key Players to Watch
Estes (2-2) will take the mound for the Athletics, his eighth start of the season.
JJ Bleday is hitting .255 with 22 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 35 walks.
Abraham Toro has 15 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 11 walks while batting .259.
Brent Rooker leads the Athletics with 13 home runs and 44 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .260.
Shea Langeliers has shown off his power as he paces his team with 13 home runs.
Twins and Athletics Injuries
Twins: Alex Kirilloff: 10 Day IL (Back), Brock Stewart: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Anthony DeSclafani: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Justin Topa: 60 Day IL (Knee), Zack Weiss: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Daniel Duarte: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Max Kepler: day-to-day (Neck)
Athletics: Esteury Ruiz: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Kyle Muller: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Ross Stripling: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Wood: 60 Day IL (Rotator cuff), Ken Waldichuk: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Gott: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Paul Blackburn: 60 Day IL (Foot), Darell Hernaiz: 60 Day IL (Ankle)
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