Detroit Tigers (38-57) vs Minnesota Twins (51-44)
Game Info: Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 1:40 pm (Comerica Park)
Rony Garcia (3-2) (4.28) vs Sonny Gray (4-3) (3.71)
Betting Odds: Detroit Tigers +150 / Minnesota Twins -178 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Minnesota Twins will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of their series at Comerica Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Minnesota Twins are 51-44 this season and have won two of their last three games. Minnesota won Game 1 of this series by a score of 8-4 on Saturday night. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 3.92 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .240 opponent batting average this season. The Twins offense has scored 429 runs with a .253 batting average and a .323 on base percentage. Jorge Polanco is batting .245 with 14 home runs and 48 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Sonny Gray, who is 4-3 with a 3.71 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP over 63 innings pitched this season.
The Detroit Tigers are 38-57 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Detroit lost a double header with Oakland on Thursday. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.12 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average. The Tigers offense has scored 299 runs with a .228 batting average and a .286 on base percentage this year. Javier Baez is batting .218 with nine home runs and 36 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Rony Garcia, who is 3-2 with a 4.28 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP over 48.1 innings pitched this season.
Minnesota is 4-7 in their last 11 games and 9-4 in their last 13 Sunday games. The over is 8-3-2 in Minnesota’s last 13 games. Detroit is 4-1 in their last 5 home games and 1-6 in their last 7 games. The under is 37-16-1 in Detroit’s last 54 Sunday games. Minnesota is 2-5 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.
Detroit has continued their slide that started prior to the all-star break and has now lost all three games since resuming play. Minnesota is clinging to first place in the AL Central by two games over Cleveland and four games over the White Sox. Minnesota will start Sonny Gray, who has allowed 14 runs in his last 13.1 innings. For Detroit, Rony Garcia is coming off of the IL and has allowed five earned runs in his last 16.1 innings. I like Detroit to get a win in this game and think they have some nice value at home.