Minnesota Twins (71-56) vs St. Louis Cardinals (63-64)
Game Info: Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 2:10 pm (Target Field)
The Line: Betting Odds: Minnesota Twins -132 / St. Louis Cardinals +111 — Over/Under:
The St. Louis Cardinals and the Minnesota Twins meet Sunday in MLB action from Target Field. Here’s a St. Louis Cardinals vs Minnesota Twins prediction. This will be the final 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
The Cardinals took on the Milwaukee Brewers in their last series. St. Louis lost the Tuesday game but came back for wins in the next pair to take the set. After a 6-1 win over Minnesota in the opener, on Saturday the Cardinals were out-hit 9-5 in a 6-0 shutout loss.
Erick Fedde will step in as the starter for the Cardinals on Sunday. So far Fedde is 8-7 with a 3.39 ERA in 25 starts. Fedde is 29-40 with a 4.92 ERA in 127 career games (113 starts).
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
Over on the Twins’ side, their last series was against the San Diego Padres. Minnesota lost the first pair of those matchups before an 11-4 win in the finale. In the Saturday game two, the Twins scored four runs in the third and never looked back.
It’ll be Zebby Matthews in the start for the Twins on Sunday. This year Matthews is 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in the first two starts of his career.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the last four games between the Cardinals and Twins at Target Field have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Six of the Cardinals’ last seven games have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Twins’ last five games as home favorites against NL Central opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Cardinals’ last five day games against American League opponents.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- Max Kepler has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 12 Sunday appearances with the Twins as favorites.
- Carlos Correa has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight appearances against NL opponents.
- Ryan Jeffers has recorded at least one RBI in four of his last five appearances at Target Field against opponents that held a losing record.
- Byron Buxton has hit at least one home run in each of his last two appearances with the Twins as favorites against NL opponents.
- Byron Buxton has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last six appearances in day games.
- Byron Buxton has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Jose Miranda has recorded at least one Double in three of his last four appearances in day games against NL teams that held a losing record.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one hit in each of the Cardinals’ last seven day games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Masyn Winn has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight road appearances against AL opponents.
- Erick Fedde has recorded a win in three of his last four appearances with his team as an underdog against AL Central opponents .
- Alec Burleson has hit a home run in four of the Cardinals’ last eight games as road underdogs against AL opponents.
- Nolan Arenado has recorded at least one total base in each of his seven previous appearances with his team as an underdog against the Twins.
- Nolan Arenado has scored at least one run in nine of the Cardinals’ last 11 day games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
St. Louis Cardinals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction
I’ll stay with the Cardinals. Fedde has taken losses in his last two starts though, so he’ll need a good showing here. In his latest trio, Fedde is 1-2 with a combined seven earned runs (four in one start) on 16 hits and eight walks in 16.2 innings total.
On Saturday the Cardinals couldn’t get anything going at the plate. If there’s good news, it’s that starter Sonny Gray really only had one bad inning despite his ugly line. I’m leaning St. Louis in a bounce-back Sunday but I’m not touching it.