Twins vs. Padres Pick
Will the San Diego Padres take another win from the Minnesota Twins when the two meet up today at 3:40PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, the Twins are favored on the road, as they are getting odds of -120 to win. The Padres are listed with a money line of +100 to win, while the over/under total for the game has been set at 8.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup today has Ervin Santana (11-7, 3.37 ERA) on the mound for the Twins to face Luis Perdomo (5-5, 4.76) of the Padres. Santana has struggled in his last two starts, allowing 9 earned runs over 10 innings. This season he has 104 strikeouts with 47 walks and a 1.14 WHIP. Perdomo has allowed at least four runs in his last three starts. He has 76 strikeouts on the season with 37 walks and a 1.55 WHIP.
San Diego opened this brief two-game series with a 3-0 win on Tuesday night. The Padres improved to 48-58 overall with the win and 29-26 at home. Minnesota fell to 50-54 overall and 27-23 in the loss.
Tuesday’s game saw the Padres get some great pitching again from Jhoulys Chacin, who went seven innings and allowed just three hits to get his 11th win of the season. His bullpen also pitched two perfect innings. Jose Berrios pitched well for the Twins, allowing just one run in seven innings, but he took his fifth loss of the season. Austin Hedges had a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lead the Padres to the win while Manuel Margot added the other run on a sacrifice fly.
Santana has been in a funk right now and so are the Twins. They have lost six of seven on this West Coast trip. However, hitting hasn’t been the big issue like it was on Tuesday. The Twins scored at least four runs in five of these seven games. They just haven’t had the pitching. Santana has struggled lately, but typically bounces back in a big way. I think he can bounce back against this San Diego team today while the Twins produce some runs on Perdomo. Perdomo hasn’t had shutdown stuff all year.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: MINNESOTA TWINS -120