Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals 5/29/22 MLB Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins meet Sunday in MLB action at Target Field. The Kansas City Royals need a win after losing 7 of their last 9 games. The Minnesota Twins need a win after losing 3 of their last 4 games.

The Kansas City Royals have scored 17 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 8 of their last 10 games. The Royals have lost 6 of their last 7 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Andrew Benintendi leads the Royals with 53 hits and 18 RBI, while Hunter Dozier and Bobby Witt Jr. have combined for 84 hits and 40 RBI. Zack Greinke gets the ball, and he is 0-3 with a 4.53 ERA and 23 strikeouts this season. Greinke is 5-10 with a 4.53 ERA and 106 strikeouts in his career against the Twins.

The Minnesota Twins have scored 15 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 6 of their last 10 games. The Twins have won 8 straight games when scoring 4 or more runs. Luis Arraez leads the Twins with 47 hits and 12 RBI, while Carlos Correa and Jorge Polanco have combined for 76 hits and 42 RBI. Sonny Gray gets the ball, and he is 2-1 with a 2.60 ERA and 35 strikeouts this season. Gray is 4-2 with a 2.15 ERA and 37 strikeouts in his career against the Royals.

The Royals are 7-15 in their last 22 road games and 2-6 in their last 8 Sunday games. The Twins are 5-0 in their last 5 Sunday games and 7-3 in their last 10 overall. The over is 8-1 in Royals last 9 overall. The over is 7-3-1 in Twins last 11 overall. The Royals are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Minnesota and 2-5 in the last 7 meetings.

These are two hot offenses, and this total is reasonably low. While Sonny Gray has been great this season, Zack Greinke has allowed 33 hits and 17 earned runs in his last 25.2 innings. Greinke has a 6.23 ERA and .287 allowed batting average on the road this season. The Twins could get us close to this total by themselves. Give me the over.