As of this writing, Oakland is a ML underdog at Minnesota but might not be much longer, so we will jump on the A's at +1.5 on the runline while we can. Minnesota enters having lost four straight and seven of eight and dearly misses the injured Byron Buxton. The A's burned me Thursday in Boston but have been terrific on the road. Oakland starting pitcher Frankie Montas (4-2, 5.50) has a lot more upside than Minnesota counterpart Matt Shoemaker (2-3, 6.43). The A's are 8-1 in their past nine series openers.

I was unhappy to see this line move to 9 before I could post the play, but it has come back down to 8.5 and I am not sure it will stay there. This game has some of the best weather statistics of the night and looks to be good conditions for the hitters on both of these plus offenses. A’s starter Frankie Montas is rocking a 5.50 ERA and 4.60 FIP, while Twins starter Matt Shoemaker has a 6.43 ERA and a 6.17 FIP. Those are some high numbers, and both pitchers had similar stats to the season last year so I don’t see much sample size bias. Shoemaker has already been lit up by the A’s this season too. Take the Over.