Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/18/2022

Game Time: 3:37 pm ET, Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Venue:  RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Where to Watch:  MLB Network

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Twins -145, Athletics +125; Over/Under:  7 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Twins -145, Athletics +125; Over/Under:  7 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Twins -145, Athletics +125; Over/Under:  7 runs

 

Minnesota Twins:  21-15 (1st place, AL Central)

Oakland Athletics:  15-23 (5th place, AL West)

 

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Minnesota Twins:  6-4 last 10

Oakland Athletics:  5-5 last 10

 

 

 

The Twins are coming into this game with a 21-15 record overall and they are 8-7 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 3 of their last 4 games and are coming into this one on a 2 game winning streak. They just won their 3-game series against the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 and they are playing the series finale of a 3-game series with the Athletics on Wednesday. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Wednesday with the 2nd game still to be played on Tuesday. Josh Winder is the starting pitcher for them on Tuesday while Sonny Gray is on the mound for them here on Wednesday. He is 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA this season. His team won their last 2 straight games this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 2 ER, 1 HR, and 4 BB with 8 Ks on 4 hits in 4.1 IP against the Cleveland Guardians. They scored 17 runs in their last series averaging just over 5 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 12 runs against them averaging 4 runs allowed per game.

 

The Athletics are coming into this game with a 15-23 record overall and they are 5-13 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are coming into this one on a 3 game losing streak. They just lost their 4-game series against the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 and they are playing the series finale of a 3-game series with the Twins on Wednesday night. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Wednesday with the 2nd game still to be played on Tuesday. James Kaprielian is the starting pitcher for them on Tuesday while Daulton Jefferies is on the mound for them here on Wednesday. He is 1-6 with a 4.84 ERA this season. His team lost their last 6 straight games this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 2 earned runs, 1 homer, and 0 BB with 4 strikeouts on 5 hits in 6 innings played against the Los Angeles Angels. They scored 6 runs in their last series averaging 1.5 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 18 runs against them averaging just over 4 runs allowed per game.

 

The Twins are coming into this game as a slight favorite with the current betting odds. The Twins have been playing much better recently as they have won 3 of their last 4 coming into this one and they are going up against an Athletics team that has been starting to slump recently as they have lost their last 3 straight games. The Twins have been playing very well this season as they currently lead their division while the A's are at the bottom of theirs right now. Sonny Gray is starting for the Twins and he has not been lights out this season but he has still been pitching well and should keep that up here. Jeffries is starting for the A's and he had a very good start to his season but he has fallen apart in his recent starts and the team has had almost no success with him pitching this season except in his first start of the season. The Twins have the better pitcher here and their bullpen has also been playing very well recently. The Twins have also been heating up in their games while the A's have been cooling off. The best bet here is on the Twins to win this game.

 

Twins Athletics Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Wednesday, May 18, 2022 (3:37 pm ET start time) is Twins 3 Athletics 0.

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Minnesota Twins: 21-14 (+6.6 Units) ML in all games. 7-1 (+7 Units) ML when the total is 7 or less. 13-7 UNDER as a favorite of -110 or higher.

Oakland Athletics: 1-10 (-9 Units) ML as a home underdog of +100 or higher. 5-14 (-10.1 Units) ML in home games. 21-14 UNDER in all games.

 

 

Minnesota Twins:  M. Sano (3B) Out indefinitely - Knee. B. Ober (SP) Late May - Groin. C. Correa (SS) Prob Tues - Finger.

Oakland Athletics:  S. Bolt (CF) Late May - Oblique. C. Irvin (SP) Late May - Shoulder. S. Piscotty (RF) Out indefinitely - Calf.

 

 

 

"They've been playing us very tough. All these tight ballgames, there's no room to breathe in any of these games and they've been pitching very well against us all the way so far this year. ... You've got to play nine good innings against them the way they've been playing against us." - Rocco Baldelli after his team’s win against the Athletics on Monday.

 

 

"Offensively, we haven't gotten the job done. We're doing things that I see improvement in, but we're obviously not scoring runs." - Mark Kotsay after his team’s loss against the Twins on Monday.

 

 

 

Luis Arraez (L) 1B

Jorge Polanco (S) 2B

Gary Sanchez (R) DH

Max Kepler (L) RF

Nick Gordon (L) LF

Gilberto Celestino (R) CF

Royce Lewis (R) SS

Jose Miranda (R) 3B

Ryan Jeffers (R) C

 

Tony Kemp (Z) 2B

Jed Lowrie (A) DH

Ramon Laureano (D) RF

Seth Brown (Z) 1B

Sean Murphy (D) C

Elvis Andrus (D) SS

Luis Barrera (Z) LF

Kevin Smith (D) 3B

Cristian Pache (D) CF

 

 

Batting Average:  Gilberto Celestino (.327)

Hits:  Jorge Polanco (31)

Home Runs:  Byron Buxton (11)

RBI:  Jorge Polanco (21)

Stolen Bases:  Byron Buxton (1)

Wins:  Joe Ryan (4)

Saves:  Emilio Pagan (5)

ERA:  Joe Smith (0.00)

 

Batting Average:  Sheldon Neuse (.281)

Hits:  Sheldon Neuse (34)

Home Runs:  Sean Murphy (4)

RBI:  Sean Murphy (18)

Stolen Bases:  Sheldon Neuse (4)

Wins:  Paul Blackburn (4)

Saves:  Dany Jimenez (6)

ERA:   Adrian Martinez (0.00)

 

Managers:

Minnesota Twins: Rocco Baldelli (4th season)

Oakland Athletics: Mark Kotsay (1st season)