The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Thursday to put an end to a season-high three-game losing streak. I like the Twins to pick up another win here Friday night with Jake Odorizzi (11-4, 3.06 ERA) on the hill. They've won 13 of Odorizzi's 18 starts on the season and he limited the White Sox to one run over 5 1/3 innings of a 6-2 triumph last time out. Odorizzi was smacked around in an 8-6 loss to the A's on July 2, a contest he was forced to exit due to a blister on his right middle finger. I think he'll be looking to make up for that outing tonight.

Chris Bassitt (6-4, 3.98 ERA) will toe the slab for Oakland. He's coming off six scoreless innings of four-hit ball of a home win agianst the White Sox, but note that Bassitt's ERA on the road is almost a full run higher than his ERA at home.

The Twins are 14-2 in Odorizzi's last 16 home starts and 9-1 in their last 10 Friday games. The A's are 0-4 in Bassitt's last four Friday starts.

8* play on Minnesota Twins.