The Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins meet Sunday in MLB action at Target Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Guardians vs Twins prediction.
Guardians Betting Preview
The Guardians look for a fifth straight win before taking on the White Sox next. The Guardians have scored 15 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 7 of their first 9 games. The Guardians are 6-1 this season when scoring 4 or more runs. Steven Kwan leads the Guardians with 15 hits and 3 RBI, while Jose Ramirez and Andres Gimenez have combined for 21 hits and 13 RBI. Triston McKenzie gets the ball for the Guardians, and he is 0-1 with a 10.80 ERA and 2 strikeouts this season. McKenzie is 2-5 with a 5.14 ERA and 64 strikeouts in his career against the Twins.
Twins Betting Preview
The Twins look to get back to a .500 record before taking on the Dodgers next. The Twins have scored 10 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 4 of their last 5 games. The Twins are 0-4 this season when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Alex Kirilloff leads the Twins with 10 hits and 2 RBI, while Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton have combined for 14 hits and 7 RBI. Bailey Ober gets the ball for the Twins, and he is 0-1 with a 54.00 ERA and 1 strikeout this season. Ober is 1-1 with a 1.29 ERA and 21 strikeouts in his career against the Guardians.
Minnesota Twins Team Facts
- The Twins have lost each of their last four games as home favorites.
- The Twins have failed to cover the run line each of their last eight home games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- The Twins have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last four games as favorites against AL Central opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Twins’ last six Sunday games at Target Field.
- The Twins have trailed after 3 innings in three of their last four games as favorites.
Cleveland Guardians Team Facts
- The underdogs have won each of the Guardians’ last six games.
- The Guardians have covered the run line in 14 of their last 15 games at Target Field.
- The Guardians have lost the first inning in each of their last five Sunday games against American League opponents that held a losing record.
- The Guardians have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last five Sunday games against opponents that held a losing record.
- The Guardians have led after 5 innings in each of their last four games as underdogs against American League opponents.
Guardians vs Twins prediction
Triston McKenzie was one of the best young pitchers in baseball before his injury, and he’s had issues finding his footing since coming back. McKenzie also hasn’t pitched well against the Twins throughout his career. With that said, the Twins have issues scoring runs through their first few games. Also, Bailey Ober was rocked in his season opener against the Royals. The Guardians are hot, and you’d assume McKenzie is going to get rolling at some point. I’ll ride the hot hand and lay the cheap price with the Guardians.