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Even going on the road, I'm willing to back this Twins team on the run line against an awful Athletics squad with the worst team OPS in baseball (.583, 23 points behind the next closest offense) that has been awful the last three weeks. Sonny Gray is very comfortable at this ballpark, with more starts in Oakland (61) than his next two most-frequent ballparks combined (54). With this being a day game where it's tougher to pick up the baseball, I believe the Oakland offense is in for a long day and the Twins win by multiple runs.
Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa are back in the lineup which is why this line shot up 15 cents with that announcement, but their lineup all of a sudden looks dangerous again. On the other hand, the Athletics were having lots of trouble scoring until a struggling Josh Winder helped them out yesterday. The Twins have a lineup, starter, and bullpen advantage here so I think this line should be closer to -200.
Won on the A's RL yesterday as we faded the Twins without Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa in the lineup. They both are in there today and thus I'd expect this ML to rise. Minnesota didn't use any key relievers in the 5-2 loss and Oakland used its best one, Dany Jimenez, for 1.2 innings. Twins starter Sonny Gray hasn't allowed more than two earned yet this year but hasn't gone deep yet, either. Oakland's Daulton Jefferies is 0-3 with a 4.24 ERA at home.