The Minnesota Twins will play the Miami Marlins in Game 2 of their series on Tuesday night at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.
Twins Preview
The Minnesota Twins are 4-0 this season after they defeated the Marlins by a score of 11-1 on Monday. The Twins swept the Royals in their first series of the season. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 1.25 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, and a .190 opponent batting average this year. The Twins offense has scored 22 runs with a .268 batting average and a .340 on base percentage. Joey Gallo is batting .308 with three home runs and seven RBI's for the Twins. The projected starting pitcher for Minnesota is Kenta Maeda, who was 6-5 with a 4.66 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP last year.
Marlins Preview
The Miami Marlins are 1-4 this season after they lost Game 1 of this series. The Marlins lost three out of four games to the Mets in their first series. The Miami pitching staff has a 5.40 ERA, a 1.38 WHIP, and a .235 opponent batting average. The Marlins offense has scored nine runs with a .252 batting average and a .303 on base percentage. Garrett Cooper is batting .375 with one home run and two RBI’s for the Marlins. The projected starting pitcher for Miami is Sandy Alcantara, who is 0-0 with a 4.76 ERA and 1.24 WHIP over 5.2 innings pitched this season.
Trends
Minnesota is 6-0 in their last 6 games and 3-7 in their last 10 interleague road games. The over is 3-1-1 in Minnesota’s last 5 Tuesday games. Miami is 16-37 in their last 53 Tuesday games and 7-19 in their last 26 game two’s of a series. The under is 4-1 in Miami’s last 5 Tuesday games. The over is 7-1-1 in these two teams last 9 head to head meetings.
Pick
Miami comes into this game with a 1-4 record, but they will have one of the best starting pitchers on the mound in this matchup. Minnesota is undefeated to start the season, but Kenta Maeda will be on the mound for them, who had a rough 2022 season. Alcantara didn’t pitch great in his first outing, but I expect a bounce back performance from him and I am taking the Marlins to win.
AUTHOR: David Racey
