The A's took the first game of this four game series 8-6 last night, handing Minnesota their 7th loss in 9 games. Oakland on the other hand has won 7 of their last 9 games and lead the AL West. Tonight's starter vs Minnesota is Andrew Albers who has had a roller coaster start to his Major League career. He is 2-3 with a respectable 3.81 ERA over his first 8 starts, but he's also allowed 4+ earned runs in half of his starts. His latest start lasted just 4 innings where he gave up 6 hits and 4 earned runs. He will be facing an Oakland team that is 2nd in the Majors in team batting average in September (.286) and 2nd in OPS at .838. The A's will counter with Bartolo Colon who is 16-6 with a 2.73 ERA and 7-3 with a 2.74 ERA at home. He has been stellar as of late allowing just 3 earned runs over his last 4 starts with 18 strikeouts and just 2 walks over that span. Note that the A's are 19-7 in their last 26 overall, 18-6 in their last 24 vs AL Central opponents, 39-19 in their last 58 home games, and 14-5 in Colon's last 19 home starts. They've also taken 5 of their last 6 meetings at home vs the Twins. I like the A's to stay hot and Colon have another solid outing taking

Oakland -1.5 even