Minnesota Twins (26-40) vs. Seattle Mariners (33-35)
June 15, 2021 10:10 pm EDT
The Line: Seattle Mariners +110 / Minnesota Twins -120; Over/Under: -8.5
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The Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners meet Tuesday in MLB action at T-Mobile Park. The Twins need a win after losing 10 of their last 15 games. The Mariners look for a win after splitting their last eight games.
The Minnesota Twins have scored 11 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Twins have lost six of their last nine games when scoring four or more runs. Nelson Cruz leads the Twins with 55 hits and 31 RBI while Jorge Polanco and Josh Donaldson have combined for 99 hits and 56 RBI. J.A. Happ gets the ball, and he is 3-2 with a 5.75 ERA and 39 strikeouts this season. Happ is 6-2 with a 4.56 ERA and 47 strikeouts in his career against the Mariners.
The Seattle Mariners have scored 14 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Mariners have won five of their last seven games when scoring four or more runs. Mitch Haniger leads the Mariners with 65 hits and 40 RBI while J.P. Crawford and Kyle Seager have combined for 119 hits and 63 RBI. Chris Flexen gets the ball, and he is 5-3 with a 4.68 ERA and 36 strikeouts this season. This will be Flexen’s second career game against the Twins.
The Twins are 2-10 in their last 12 Tuesday games. The Mariners are 5-2 in their last 7 home games and 15-39 in their last 54 Tuesday games. The over is 35-14-3 in Twins last 52 overall. The over is 4-1 in Mariners last 5 overall. The over is 7-1 in the last 8 meetings.
The Twins continue to come up short time and time again, and their pitching staff lets them down more times than not. The Twins shouldn’t be favored in their current form and having Happ on the hill doesn’t help. The Mariners are playing the better baseball right now and are at home. The value is with the M’s and the plus money. I’m not backing the Twins in the favorite role right now.
