The Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays meet Thursday in MLB action at Tropicana Field. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Minnesota Twins Betting Preview

The Minnesota Twins have scored 2 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 5 straight games. The Twins have lost 10 of their last 11 games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Carlos Correa leads the Twins with 40 hits and 24 RBI, while Byron Buxton and Donovan Solano have combined for 78 hits and 34 RBI. Bailey Ober gets the ball, and he is 3-2 with a 2.33 ERA and 40 strikeouts this season. This will be Ober’s first career game against the Rays.

Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays have scored 13 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 6 of their last 7 games. The Rays have won 10 of their last 12 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Wander Franco leads the Rays with 72 hits and 29 RBI, while Randy Arozarena and Yandy Diaz have combined for 125 hits and 77 RBI. Tyler Glasnow gets the ball, and he is 0-0 with a 3.72 ERA and 14 strikeouts this season. This will be Glasnow’s second career game against the Twins.

Trends

The Twins are 4-0 in their last 4 Thursday games and 20-44 in their last 64 road games. The Rays are 4-0 in their last 4 during game 3 of a series and 43-13 in their last 56 home games. The under is 5-0 in Twins last 5 overall. The under is 5-0 in Rays last 5 overall. The over is 20-5-2 in the last 27 meetings in Tampa Bay and 37-15-2 in the last 54 meetings.

Randy’s Pick

Bailey Ober has been great through 36.1 innings, but I’m not sure if it matters much. The Tampa Bay Rays continue to find ways to win games at an insane clip, and walk off wins like yesterday only add to the confidence of the club. I’m just not in the business of stepping in front of the Rays when they’re piling up wins like this. Give me the Rays and the reasonable price.