Baltimore at Oakland

Oakland is off to a better start than expected with an 7-6 record, although the Athletics lost on an unearned run on Wednesday, 1-0 to Baltimore. The Orioles are only 4-8 and they face Paul Blackburn, who has put together two good starts allowing two runs on eight hits in 10 innings against Tampa Bay and Toronto. Tyler Wells made it through four innings against the Yankees his last start after giving up four runs in just 1 2/3 innings his first outing of the season. Baltimore has scored only three runs in this series and the team batting average is .207 while averaging 2.10 runs this season. Oakland averages 5.05 runs and it has won 11 of the past 15 meetings. Take the Athletics.