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Mike Fiers is 11-3 with a 3.30 ERA this season and he is 7-2 with a 2.54 ERA at home. Aaron Sanchez is 5-14 with a 5.60 ERA this season but he has only given up one run in two starts since being traded to the Astros. The Astros bullpen is taxed after a DH that included a bullpen game and the As are 37-23 at home. Take the value in the As.
Sure, Aaron Sanchez has been great since being acquired by the Astros at the trade deadline. But he'll need to be great again on Thursday because the Houston bullpen is shorthanded after having played three games in two days. Top set-up men Ryan Pressly and Will Harris have pitched the last two days, and Astros manager A.J. Hinch rarely uses them three days in a row. Meanwhile, A's starter Mike Fiers has allowed just four earned runs in 14.1 innings in his last two starts against his former team. Roll the dice with underdog Oakland at a nice price.