Minnesota Twins (35-26) vs Tampa Bay Rays (34-25)
Game Info: Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 2:10 pm (Target Field)
Cole Sands (0-2) (8.49) vs Jeffrey Springs (2-2) (1.62)
Betting Odds: Minnesota Twins +105 / Tampa Bay Rays -125 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Minnesota Twins in Game 3 of their series at Target Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 34-25 this season and have lost four of their last seven games. Tampa Bay lost the first two games of this series by scores of 9-4 and 6-5. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.31 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .227 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 249 runs with a .233 batting average and a .297 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .267 with seven home runs and 30 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Jeffrey Springs, who is 2-2 with a 1.62 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP over 44.1 innings pitched this season.
The Minnesota Twins are 35-26 this season and have won three of their last four games. Prior to winning the first two games of this series, Minnesota lost two out of three games against the Yankees. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 3.84 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average. The Twins offense has scored 278 runs with a .254 batting average and a .327 on base percentage this year. Jorge Polanco is batting .248 with seven home runs and 33 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Cole Sands, who is 0-2 with a 8.49 ERA and a 1.97 WHIP over 11.2 innings pitched this season.
Tampa Bay is 40-19 in their last 59 game three’s of a series and 5-2 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record. The over is 6-1 in Tampa Bay’s last 7 games against the AL Central. Minnesota is 7-0 in their last 7 Sunday games and 1-4 in their last 5 game three’s of a series. The over is 6-1-3 in Minnesota’s last 10 Sunday games. The over is 9-2 in these two teams last 11 head to head meetings in Minnesota.
Both of these teams have had success this season, but Minnesota has taken the first two games of this series. Minnesota is starting Cole Sands, who has started two games this year and has lasted a total of 7.2 innings and given up eight earned runs in those starts. For Tampa Bay, Jeffrey Springs has been very good and has allowed a total of four runs over his last 27.1 innings pitched. I like Tampa Bay in this matchup and also like their team total over.