Marco Gonzales vs. Daniel Mengden, 7:05 pm
The M’s are in Oakland, wrapping up a brief road trip with a quick 2-game set against the A’s. Oakland’s up to 12 games over .500 after a somewhat slow start, and yet again, they’re doing it despite throwing out a patchwork rotation that, on paper, looks terrible. Last year, the A’s had one of the lowest K rates in baseball at 7.6/9 IP, or 20.3%. They got by thanks to a very low BABIP and low-ish HRs-allowed. A good defense helped with the former, and the subdued baseball plus a spacious home park helped with the latter.