Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 9/4/21

The Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays meet Saturday in MLB action at Tropicana Field. The Twins need a win after losing four of their last five games. The Rays look for a win after winning 10 of their last 12 games.

The Minnesota Twins have scored four runs in their last three games and three or less runs in five straight games. The Twins have lost seven of their last nine games when scoring three or less runs. Jorge Polanco leads the Twins with 133 hits and 80 RBI while Luis Arraez and Josh Donaldson have combined for 190 hits and 91 RBI. Andrew Albers gets the ball, and he is 1-0 with a 0.96 ERA and six strikeouts this season. This will be Albers’ second career game against the Rays.

The Tampa Bay Rays have scored seven runs in their last three games and four or more runs in seven of their last nine games. The Rays have won nine straight games when scoring four or more runs. Randy Arozarena leads the Rays with 120 hits and 60 RBI while Austin Meadows and Joey Wendle have combined for 212 hits and 143 RBI. Chris Archer gets the ball, and he is 0-1 with a 4.35 ERA and 16 strikeouts this season. Archer is 6-1 with a 2.40 ERA and 66 strikeouts in his career against the Twins.

The Twins are 2-5 in their last 7 road games. The Rays are 5-0 in their last 5 during game 2 of a series and 37-14 in their last 51 overall. The under is 5-0-1 in Twins last 6 overall. The under is 5-2 in Rays last 7 overall. The Twins are 7-2 in the last 9 meetings.

I’m not running to the window to back Archer, a pitcher who has been awful for much of the last three or four years. With that said, the Twins continue to find ways to lose and now their offensive production has died off. The Rays find ways to win no matter who is pitching and they remain one of the hottest teams in baseball over the last month. The Rays are the only option here. Give me the Rays and the RL for max betting value.