The Oakland A's lost last night and that means it's time for them to win. Why? Because this team hasn't lost two games in a row in six weeks! Wait, what? Yes, since dropping a doubleheader in Texas on June 8th, the A's have gone a perfect 9-0 following a loss. Furthermore, after beginning the season a horrible 5-15 on the road, these guys turned that completely around and have gone 19-7 since. They haven't lost a road series in two months.
The Twins are a strong 29-17 at home, but all that winning basically happened between April 26th and June 15th when they went 18-6 at Target Field. Since then? Just 7-6. The Twins had won seven times in a row at home after losing at home to the same team the day before, but in another sign of their decline, they followed up a 3-2 loss to the Mets on Tuesday night with a pitiful 14-4 defeat on Wednesday afternoon.
The Twins had a sparkling 47-22 record a month ago but have been an average team since, going 12-13. Over that same period of time the A's have quietly gone 19-6. Makes you wonder why the home team is favored tonight. Well, they do have All-Star Jake Odorizzi starting for them, but Jake hasn't been doing his best work lately, posting an ugly 6.46 ERA over his last 5 starts. His ERA was a sparkling 1.92 before that. Now it's 3.06.
I also like the A's -1.5 +180 on the reverse runline. Following Oakland's last five losses, they have bounced back to win by scores of 4-2, 7-3, 7-2, 7-2, and 7-4.
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