Los Angeles Dodgers (75-33) vs Minnesota Twins (57-51)
Game Info: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 10:10 pm (Dodger Stadium)
Julio Urias (11-6) (2.57) vs Joe Ryan (8-4) (3.67)
Betting Odds: Los Angeles Dodgers -220 / Minnesota Twins +180 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Minnesota Twins will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of their series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Minnesota Twins are 57-51 this season and have won three of their last five games. Minnesota is coming off of a series split against Toronto, where they won two games and lost two games in the series. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 4.02 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .239 opponent batting average this season. The Twins offense has scored 488 runs with a .251 batting average and a .321 on base percentage. Byron Buxton is batting .219 with 26 home runs and 47 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Joe Ryan, who is 8-4 with a 3.67 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP over 90.2 innings pitched this season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are 75-33 this season and have won eight games in a row. Los Angeles is coming off of a series win against San Diego, where they won all three games played in the series. The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 2.87 ERA, a 1.07 WHIP, and a .215 opponent batting average. The Dodgers offense has scored 571 runs with a .260 batting average and a .336 on base percentage this year. Mookie Betts is batting .275 with 25 home runs and 59 RBI’s for the Dodgers this season. The projected starter for Los Angeles is Julio Urias, who is 11-6 with a 2.57 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP over 115.2 innings pitched this season.
Minnesota is 17-35 in their last 52 Tuesday games and 1-4 in their last 5 road games. The over is 5-1 in Minnesota’s last 6 game one’s of a series. Los Angeles is 57-17 in their last 74 home games and 21-6 in their last 27 games against the AL Central. The over is 4-1-1 in Los Angeles’ last 6 Tuesday games. Minnesota is 0-8 in these two teams last 8 head to head meetings.
Both of these teams come into this series in first place in their respective divisions, but the Dodgers are the far better team. Los Angeles has the best team ERA in baseball and is second in runs scored. Los Angeles will start Julio Urias, who has allowed three runs in his last 26 innings of work. For the Twins, Joe Ryan has allowed one or fewer in three of his last four outings. Ryan did allow 10 runs to the Padres two starts ago, but that looks like more of an outlier. I like the under in this game between two very good pitchers.
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David’s Pick Under 8.5
AUTHOR: David Racey
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