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The Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at The Metrodome.
The Athletics will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Dallas Braden in this game. Braden has a 2-2 record and a 4.34 ERA this season.
It’ll be ace Francisco Liriano toeing the rubber for the Twins in this contest. Lefthander Liriano is 3-3 with a 4.96 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 280-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Brian Buscher went 4-for-5 with a two-run dinger and five runs batted in, as the Twins slammed the Athletics 13-2 on Tuesday night.
Carlos Gomez smacked a two-run homer for the Twins, while Kevin Slowey gave up one earned run over seven innings to get the win for
Kurt Suzuki went deep for
Team records:
Minnesota: 71-54 SU Oakland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4 Before playing Seattle are 4-6 After playing Minnesota are 5-5 After a loss are 4-6 Minnesota most recently: A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Minnesota Oakland is 4-17 SU in its last 21 games Oakland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota Oakland is 3-17 SU in its last 20 games on the road Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Oakland Minnesota is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Oakland Next up:
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