The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins meet Wednesday in MLB action at Target Field. The Detroit Tigers need a win after losing five of their last six games. The Minnesota Twins look to build on their six-game winning streak.
The Detroit Tigers have scored eight runs in their last three games and three or fewer runs in five of their last seven games. The Tigers have lost four straight games when scoring three or fewer runs. Miguel Cabrera leads the Tigers with 39 hits and 16 RBI, while Jeimer Candelario and Austin Meadows have combined for 54 hits and 23 RBI. Rony Garcia gets the ball, and he is 0-0 with a 2.57 ERA and 17 strikeouts this season. Garcia is 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA and 0 strikeouts in his career against the Twins.
The Minnesota Twins have scored 14 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last seven games. The Twins have won seven straight games when scoring four or more runs. Luis Arraez leads the Twins with 40 hits and 11 RBI, while Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler have combined for 69 hits and 46 RBI. Dylan Bundy gets the ball, and he is 3-2 with a 5.14 ERA and 25 strikeouts this season. Bundy is 0-2 with a 4.70 ERA and 18 strikeouts in his career against the Tigers.
The Tigers are 1-5 in their last 6 road games and 17-35 in their last 52 overall. The Twins are 4-1 in their last 5 home games and 23-8 in their last 31 overall. The under is 23-9-1 in Tigers last 33 road games. The over is 5-1-1 in Twins last 7 overall. The Tigers are 7-25 in the last 32 meetings in Minnesota and 18-42 in the last 60 meetings.
The Tigers still have major offensive issues and I don’t trust a pitcher in Rony Garcia, who has just 38.2 big league innings under his belt and hasn’t been good this season. The Minnesota Twins are playing their best ball of the year with an improved offense, so even if Dylan Bundy has had his struggles this year and past years, you have to like the hot hand at home. Give me the Twins and the RL for max betting value.