The Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins meet Sunday in MLB doubleheader action from Target Field. Here’s a Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics prediction. These will be the third and final installments in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the games.
Oakland Athletics Betting Preview
The A’s played the San Diego Padres in their early-week series and things didn’t go very well. Oakland lost all three of those games 6-1, 4-3 and 5-4 for a sweep. After two more losses to the Twins 6-2 and 6-5, on Saturday the Athletics were rained out. That matchup will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Sunday.
It’ll be JP Sears in the game one starting pitcher role for the A’s on Sunday. So far this year Sears is 4-5 with a 4.02 ERA in 14 starts. For game two it’ll be Joey Estes. This year Estes is 2-2 with a 4.78 ERA and 28 Ks.
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
Over on the Twins’ side, they took on the Colorado Rockies in their last series. Minnesota took a 5-4 loss on Tuesday but won the other pair of games 5-0 and 17-9. The Twins scored a combined 12 runs over the first two games of the weekend series. Max Kepler contributed three hits, a homer and four RBI in the Friday win.
For game one starter duties the Twins are turning to Bailey Ober. So far Ober is 5-4 with a 5.13 ERA and 65 Ks. It’ll be Chris Paddack in the game two starting pitcher role for the Twins on Sunday. This year Paddack is 5-3 with a 4.79 ERA in 13 starts. Paddack has 67 Ks in 71.1 innings.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Athletics’ last four road games after going to extra innings have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Four of the Twins’ last five games against AL West opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Twins’ last three day games against American League opponents.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- Carlos Correa has hit a home run in two of his last three home appearances against the Athletics.
- Jose Miranda has recorded at least one Double in three of the Twins’ last four day games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Carlos Correa has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight appearances against the Athletics.
- Manuel Margot has recorded two or more total bases in eight of his last nine appearances against the Athletics after playing the previous day.
- Bailey Ober has recorded a win in each of his last four appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Max Kepler has recorded at least one hit in each of his last seven appearances against the Athletics after playing the previous day.
- Byron Buxton has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Twins’ last four games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Max Kepler has recorded at least one Single in each of his last seven appearances against the Athletics after playing the previous day.
Oakland Athletics Player Prop Facts
- Brent Rooker has hit a home run in four of the Athletics’ last five day games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Brent Rooker has recorded a Single in seven of the Athletics’ last eight day games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Brent Rooker has recorded at least one RBI in four of the Athletics’ last five day games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Brent Rooker has scored at least one run in five of the Athletics’ last six day games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Shea Langeliers has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight road appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Shea Langeliers has recorded at least one total base in each of his last eight road appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Minnesota Twins rank 3rd in the league for doubles this season (129).
- The Minnesota Twins rank 3rd in the league for strikeouts this season (622).
- The Oakland Athletics rank 29th in the league for batting average this season (.219).
- The Oakland Athletics rank 29th in the league for strikeouts against this season (705).
Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics Prediction
I’ll likley take a stab on the A’s in game one. Probably not touching it, though. Oakland should get a decent start from Sears. Over his last three starts combined Sears has nine earned runs in 18.0 innings of work but hasn’t recorded a victory. Ober has been pretty rocky over his last three. In that time Ober is 0-2 with 13 earned over 14.2 innings of work total.
In game two I’ll probably lean toward the A’s as well. Estes has given up four earned runs over 16.1 innings over his last three starts. He’s gone 1-1 in that trio. As for Paddack, he’s coming off a win over Colorado with zero earned in 6.1 innings, but had 11 earned runs in his 9.2 innings before that. Both games should be close.