ANALYSIS: Oakland's scoring woes have continued. Over the last five games the A's have scored one run or fewer in four of them. This also has been a pattern in their games against the Twins this season. Minnesota has won all four games this season against Oakland, giving up an average of 1.25 runs a game. Despite Dylan Bundy’s recent struggles, I'm taking the Twins.

ANALYSIS: The Cubs are 0-4 this season in games immediately after shutting out an opponent. Chicago shut out Pittsburgh on Monday. I'm taking the value with the Pirates.

ANALYSIS: Sometimes, when a series goes seven games, it just delays the inevitable. The Suns have been a disastrous road team in this series, but the Mavericks have been equally poor in Phoenix. Expect the Suns to rise to the occasion after an embarrassing showing in Game 6. Take Phoenix as it makes this look like a regular-season game instead of a Game 7.

ANALYSIS: After a prolonged losing streak, Cincinnati has suddenly won five of its past six. The Pirates have proven to be the right opponent, as the Reds defeated Pittsburgh in two of three games last week and have won both games to begin this series. Luis Castillo is making just his second start of the season, so expect the Pirates to be able to take advantage of an early call to the Reds bullpen. Play Pittsburgh.

ANALYSIS: Houston has the longest win streak in MLB at 11 games. Stout pitching has allowed the Astros to surrender an average of just one run during that streak. One of those strong pitchers is Saturday starter Cristian Javier, who has a 0.83 ERA . Take the Astros to push their streak to 12.