Wesley Scott

The Minnesota Twins (65-60 Overall, 34-25 Away) look for the four game series win against the Chicago White Sox (48-76 Overall, 26-33 Home) tonight at Guaranteed Rate Field. 

The Twins are in the postseason if the playoffs were to start today. Minnesota is 6-3 over their last nine games and sit a half game above the Angels for the final AL wildcard spot. 

Minnesota will start Ervin Santana (13-7, 3.33 ERA). Santana is 11-8 with a 3.68 in 25 showings (24 starts) against the White Sox for his career.

He is 5-4 with a 3.23 ERA in 11 appearances (10 starts) at Guaranteed Rate Field. 

Santana is 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts against the White Sox this season. The White Sox bats hit .176 against Santana in those starts. 

The White Sox will start James Shields (2-4, 5.72 ERA) for the second time against the Twins this season. Shields is 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA in one start at Minnesota this year.

He is 8-8 with a 4.20 ERA in 22 starts against the Twins for his career.

Shields has struggled at home this year. He is 2-3 with a 6.14 ERA in seven home starts against this year. 

Shield has been suspect to left handed hitters this season. Lefty's are hitting .319 against him in 2017. 

The Twins are starting seven bats that can hit left handed tonight.

Take Minnesota in this matchup.  

The Oakland Athletics (55-71 Overall, 21-40 Away) face the Baltimore Orioles (61-65 Overall, 37-26 Home) in game three of three. 

The Athletics got the win last night, 6-4. The Oakland lineup had 13 hits in last nights win. Tonight the Athletics send Daniel Gossett (3-6, 5.17 ERA) to the mound. 

Gossett has not faced the the Orioles this season. He was recalled from Triple A Nashville where he went 1-1 with a 4.60 ERA over three starts. 

Gossett is 3-3 with a 4.83 ERA in six road starts this year, and 3-2 with a 6.37 ERA in 6 day game appearances this season. 

The Orioles look to bounce back with Dylan Bundy (12-8, 4.17 ERA). Bundy has faced the Athletics once this year in Oakland.

He went 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA in that start. Oakland hit .280 against him over six innings in the 12-5 win. Bundy is 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in two career starts against Oakland. 

Bundy is 6-4 with a 3.82 ERA in 12 home starts this year and 3-2 with a 5.86 ERA in six day starts in 2017. He is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA over his last three starts. 

Gossett is making a spot start for the previously scheduled Sean Manaea. Take the Orioles at home today. 

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