An AL Central matchup Monday features the third-place Minnesota Twins (79-70) visiti▨ng the first-place Cleveland Guardians (86-64). The Twins (-113) are listed as favorites for the👍 game, which gets underway at 6:40 p.m. ET from Progressive Field.
Minnesota’s Pablo Lopez and Cleveland’s Matthew Boyd have been named the starters for this contest.
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Twins and Guardians Betting Trends
The Twins have gone 63-40 in games they were favored on the moneyliꦆne (winning 61.2% of those games).
Minnesota has a 59-40 record (winning 59𝐆.6% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -113 or shorter.
This season, the Guardians have been the underdog 56 times🧜 and won🐻 25, or 44.6%, of those games.
This season, Cleveland has won 21 of its 50 games, or 42%, when it’s the underdog by at least -105 on the moneyline.
The Twins have played in 149 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 76 times (76-🦹67-6).
So far this season, the Guardians and their opponents have hit the over in 66 of thei𝓡r 1💝50 games with a total.
Twins Stats & Insights
The 💛Twins are the 11th-highest scoring team in baseball averaging 4.7 runs per game (700 total).
Minnesota ranks 10th in MജLB plꦗay with 177 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
The Twins have the ninth-best batti💫ng average in the league (.249).
Minnesota’s batters strike out 8.1 times per game, the ninth-lowest average in MLB.
The Twins pitching staff ranks third in MLB with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per༺ nine innings.
Minnesota has the 21st-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (😼4.23).
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians ꦛhave scored 668 runs (4.5 per game) this season, which𓆏 ranks 14th in MLB.
Cleveland has hit 170 homers this season, which ranks 13th iꦚn the majors.
The Guardians have a team batting averageಌ of .238 this season, which ranks 20th among MLB teamsꦯ.
Cleveland ra꧃nks fourth in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.4 Ks per contest.
The Guardians strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings🧜 as a pitching staff, eighth-best in ML♕B.
Cleveland pitchers have a combined ERA oဣf 3.71 ERA this year, fifth-best in baseball.
Twins Key Players to Watch
Lopez gets the start f𒊎or the Twins, his 30th of the season. He is 15-8 with a 3.88 🍷ERA and 183 strikeouts in 169 1/3 innings pitched.
Carlos S✤antana is batting .243 thi𒀰s season with a team-high 22 home runs and 65 RBI.
Willi Castro leads Minnesota in batting with a .249 average while slugging 11 homers and drivin🌞g in 55 runs.
Ryan Jeffers is slashing .232/.308/.449ꦇ this season for the Twins.
Jose Mir🐓anda is batting .292 with an OBP of .330 and a slugging percentage of .454 this season.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
The 🌼Guardians will send 💜Boyd (2-1) to the mound for his seventh start this season.
Jose Ramirez has racked up a team-be♊st 35 home runs and♛ 107 runs batted in.
Josh Naylor has 25 doubles🃏, 29 home runs and 55 walks while hitting .245.
Steven Kwan꧂ paces the Guar♕dians with a .291 batting average.
Andres Gimenez is batting .251 with 20 ꧑doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 25 walks.
Twins and Guardians Injuries
Twins: Carlos Correa: 10 Day IL (Foot), Max Kepler: 10 Day IL (Knee), Kody Funderburk: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Anthony DeSclafani: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Kirilloff: 60 Day IL (Back), Brock Stewart: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Chri💞s Paddack: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Justin Topa: 60 Day IL ꧋(Knee), Daniel Duarte: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Joe Ryan: 60 Day IL (Tricep)
Guardians: Alex Cobb: 15 Day IL (Finger), Carlos Carrasco: 15 Day IL (Hip), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sam Hentges: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephꦯan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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