Baltimore at Oakland

Jeremy Guthrie has made 12 quality starts out of 14, and if you haven't seen him pitch, he definitely has plus stuff. The best thing Baltimore did was move him from the pen, into the rotation. Guthrie has a 2.55 ERA in those 14 starts, and he will be facing an Oakland team that just doesn't hit. The A's have managed just 40 runs in their last 15 games, or 2.67 a game, and have sunk from eight games over .500, to five below in just over a month. Pitching has kept them alive, but not today's starter. Dallas Braden has not been effective at all pitching out of the pen, or starting. He brings a 6+ ERA into this contest, and can't pass up the value in this one with a slight dog.