Oakland at Minnesota

Oakland won its sixth in a row on Wednesday 10-2 over the Mariners as Mark Canha and Jurickson Profar each homered twice. Minnesota got blown out 14-4 by the Mets and the Twins have lost three straight and nine of 15 as they appeared to have overachieved a bit in the first half of the season. Mike Fiers is 9-3 with a 3.61 ERA and the Athletics have won six of his last seven starts and he hasn't allowed more than three runs in any of his last 10 outings. Fiers comes off seven shutout innings in a 5-1 win against the Chicago White Sox. In one appearance versus Minnesota this season, he gave up a run on five hits in six innings. Oakland is 42-10 its last 52 games versus AL Central teams and 7-2 the last nine meetings with the Twins. Take the Athletics.