Minnesota Twins (70-56) vs St. Louis Cardinals (61-64)
Game Info: Friday, August 23, 2024 at 8:10 pm (Target Field)
The Line: Betting Odds: Minnesota Twins -133 / St. Louis Cardinals +113 — Over/Under:
The St. Louis Cardinals and the Minnesota Twins meet Friday in MLB action from Target Field. Here’s a St. Louis Cardinals vs Minnesota Twins prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Cardinals vs Twins pick. We will examine:
The Minnesota Twins recent form and player performance
The St. Louis Cardinals recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Minnesota Twins
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the St. Louis Cardinals
Recent betting trends in games played between the Cardinals and Twins
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Cardinals vs Twins game
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
This week the Cardinals played the Milwaukee Brewers. St. Louis lost 3-2 in the opener of that set, then in game two the Cardinals came back for a 10-6 victory. In the Thursday finale St. Louis powered out a 3-0 win. Starter Miles Mikolas put up 6.0 clean frames with two hits and a walk.
As starter for Friday’s game the Cardinals are going with David Pallante. So far Pallante is 5-6 with a 4.07 ERA in 22 games (13 starts). Pallante is 15-12 with a 3.87 career ERA in 131 games (23 starts).
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
Over on the Twins’ side, they’re fresh off a series versus the San Diego Padres. Minnesota lost the first two games of that set 5-3 and 7-5. On Wednesday the Twins bagged an 11-4 win to stop the sweep. Simeon Woods Richardson finished with 5.0 innings and one earned run in the start.
In the starter slot for Friday’s game the Twins will send out David Festa. This year Festa is 2-2 with a 4.96 ERA in the first seven games (six starts) of his career.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the Cardinals’ last eight games as underdogs against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the Twins’ last five games against National League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last four games between the Cardinals and Twins.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- Byron Buxton has hit at least one home run in each of his last two appearances with the Twins as favorites against NL opponents.
- Ryan Jeffers has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last four appearances at Target Field against opponents that held a losing record.
- Max Kepler has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances against NL Central opponents at Target Field.
- Christian Vazquez has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 11 appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Byron Buxton has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Christian Vazquez has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Carlos Correa has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight appearances against NL opponents.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Paul Goldschmidt has scored a run in each of the Cardinals’ last five games as underdogs against AL opponents.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one hit in each of the Cardinals’ last nine games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one Single in seven of the Cardinals’ last eight road games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Brendan Donovan has recorded a Double in four of his last five appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one total base in each of the Cardinals’ last nine games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Alec Burleson has hit a home run in each of the Cardinals’ last two games as underdogs against the Twins.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Cardinals’ last six games as underdogs against AL Central opponents.
St. Louis Cardinals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction
I’ll go with the Twins, but it should be a fun starter matchup. Festa has done well over his last three outings, notching a combined three earned in 13.1 innings. As for Pallante, he’s got three earned in 12.2 innings over his last two starts, going 1-0 in that pair.
Minnesota really needs to limit the damage on the scoreboard here, though. In each of the last four games, the Twins have given up four or more runs—and a combined total of 22 across that quartet. It’ll be an interesting weekend series.