Minnesota Twins (57-50) vs Toronto Blue Jays (59-48)
Game Info: Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 2:10 pm (Target Field)
Chris Archer (2-5) (4.05) vs Kevin Gausman (8-8) (3.06)
Betting Odds: Minnesota Twins +135 / Toronto Blue Jays -161 --- Over/Under: 8 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Toronto Blue Jays will play the Minnesota Twins in Game 4 of their series at Target Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 59-48 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Toronto won Game 1 of this series by a score of 9-3 on Thursday. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.89 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average this season. The Blue Jays offense has scored 517 runs with a .264 batting average, and a .328 on base percentage. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .290 with 23 home runs and 68 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Kevin Gausman, who is 8-8 with a 3.06 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP over 111.2 innings pitched this season.
The Minnesota Twins are 57-50 this season and have won three of their last four games. Minnesota has won Games 2 and 3 of this series by scores of 6-5 and 7-3. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 4.04 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .239 opponent batting average. The Twins offense has scored 486 runs with a .251 batting average and a .322 on base percentage this year. Byron Buxton is batting .219 with 26 home runs and 47 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Chris Archer, who is 2-5 with a 4.05 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP over 73.1 innings pitched this season.
Toronto is 5-3 in their last 8 road games and 12-5 in their last 17 games. The over is 5-2 in Toronto’s last 7 Sunday games. Minnesota is 1-4 in their last 5 game four’s of a series and 4-8 in their last 12 games against a team with a winning record. The under is 12-6-1 in Minnesota’s last 19 home games. The over is 6-0 in these two teams last 6 head to head meetings.
Minnesota has played well all season and is barely holding off Cleveland and Chicago for first place in the AL Central. The Twins have a two game lead on Cleveland and a three game edge on the White Sox. Minnesota will turn to Chris Archer, who has allowed 12 runs over his last 12 innings of work. For Toronto, Kevin Gausman has allowed eight runs in his last 17.2 innings pitched, including eight innings of shutout baseball in his last start. I am taking the under here as I think Gausman will have another solid outing similar to his last one.