Twins vs. Orioles Pick
Will the Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles manage another high-scoring game when the two meet up again tonight at 7:05PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Orioles are favored at home tonight, as they are getting odds of -125 to win, while the Twins are listed with a money line of +115 to win. The over/under total for the game is listed at 9 runs.
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The pitching matchup in today’s game has Ervin Santana (6-2, 2.07 ERA) pitching for the Twins to face Dylan Bundy (5-2, 2.97) of the Orioles. Bundy is coming off his worst outing of the season. He gave up 6 runs in 6 innings of work. This season, Bundy has 39 strikeouts with a WHIP of just 1.13. Santana is also coming off a poor outing, allowing 5 runs in 7 innings to the Rockies. He has 25 walks and 44 strikeouts this season with a WHIP of 0.89.
The Twins took the first game in this series, 14-7 on Monday night. The two hit the over, which they have done in three of their last four meetings. Baltimore is now 25-18 overall, 15-5 at home and 22-19 with the over. Minnesota is 23-18 overall, 12-5 on the road and 19-18 with the over.
Monday’s game saw plenty of hitting, as the two teams combined for 32 hits and 21 runs. Neither starting pitcher got past the fifth inning, as Kyle Gibson allowed six runs in five innings and Ubaldo Jimenez allowed six runs in four innings. Miguel Sano, Max Kepler and Eduardo Escobar combined for eight hits and 10 RBI in the win. Sano also had his 11th home run. Adam Jones had his eighth home run and three RBI to lead the Orioles.
Monday’s game was pretty surprising. Even with a poor pitching matchup, you don’t often expect 21 runs to be put up. Today’s pitching matchup is much different. Santana and Bundy are both coming off poor outings, but they haven’t strung back-to-back poor outings together yet. These two have hit the under in 7 of their last 10 meetings overall and in 6 of their last 7 meetings in Baltimore. I think the hitting dies down today and the two hold each other to low run totals.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: TWINS/ORIOLES UNDER 9