Twins vs Red Sox Prediction - MLB Picks 4/20/23

Boston Red Sox (9-10) vs Minnesota Twins (11-7)

Game Info: Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 1:35 pm (Fenway Park)

Tanner Houck (2-0) (4.50) vs Kenta Maeda (0-2) (4.09)

Betting Odds: Boston Red Sox -120 / Minnesota Twins +100 --- Over/Under: 9 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Minnesota Twins will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of their series on Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Twins Preview

The Minnesota Twins are 11-7 this season and they have lost three of their last four games. Minnesota won Game 2 of this series by a score of 10-4 on Wednesday night. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 2.69 ERA, a 1.00 WHIP, and a .203 opponent batting average this year. The Twins offense has scored 77 runs with a .225 batting average and a .296 on base percentage. Trevor Larnach is batting .242 with two home runs and 13 RBI’s for the Twins. The projected starting pitcher for Minnesota is Kenta Maeda, who is 0-2 with a 4.09 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP over 11.0 innings pitched this season.

Red Sox Preview

The Boston Red Sox are 9-10 this season and they have lost two out of their last three games. Boston won Game 1 of this series by a score of 5-4 on Tuesday night. The Boston pitching staff has a 5.20 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and a .254 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 100 runs with a .240 batting average and a .322 on base percentage this season. Rafael Devers is batting .270 with seven home runs and 17 RBI’s for the Red Sox. The projected starting pitcher for Boston is Tanner Houck, who is 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP over 14.0 innings pitched this season. 

Trends

Minnesota is 5-11 in their last 16 Thursday games and 3-8 in their last 11 game three’s of a series. The under is 4-1 in Minnesota’s last 5 Thursday games. Boston is 7-15 in their last 22 Thursday games and 4-2 in their last 6 home games. The over is 7-1 in Boston’s last 8 Thursday games. The over is 9-2-1 in these two teams last 12 head to head meetings.

Pick

Both of these teams have won one game in this series and will be looking for the series win in this matchup. Despite losing Game 2 of this series, Boston has played very well over the last week. Neither pitcher has impressed me very much, but I am going to side with Houck and the Red Sox in this game. Houck doesn’t go very deep into games, but the Red Sox have won all three of his starts. Take the Red Sox here. 

David’s Pick Red Sox ML

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