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Minnesota Twins (76-60) vs Oakland Athletics (63-73) MLB Preview: The Minnesota Twins are coming off a heartbreaking 2-3 loss at the hands of a sub par Oakland A’s team. With the A’s having zero hopes of playing in October, they have now taken on the role of spoilers, and have embraced it. Oakland, a team who currently is 10 games below .500, has now taken 2 out of the first 3 against a Minnesota Twins team that's in the midst of a pennant race. Tonight, in the series clincher, the Minnesota Twins are -140 betting odds favorites against the Oakland A’s (+115) at BetUS.com.  The Twins have perhaps one of the most dominant closers in the game today in Joe Nathan. With a 2-1 Twins lead in the bottom of the 9th of last night’s ballgame, Nathan took the mound looking for the save. But no one could have predicted what happened next, as Nathan began to fall apart. A’s SS Bobby Crosby, led the inning off with a base hit to left-center. Nathan uncharacteristically hit Emil Brown, to put runners on first and second with no outs. And then Nathan literally threw the game away, as Ryan Sweeney was trying to but the runners over, and the close attempted a throw to third that sailed into the outfield. Tonight, starting at 4:05 PM ET, the Twins RHP Scott Baker (7-4, 3.75 ERA, 134.1 IP, 31 BB, 110 K), faces off against the A’s LHP Greg Smith (6-13, 3.90 ERA, 154.2 IP, 72 BB, 95 K). The OVER/UNDER in this Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics MLB Preview has been set at a total of 8 runs. The Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics MLB Preview betting odds spread is Minnesota Twins -1½(+120) vs. Oakland A’s +1½(-140).
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