Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins 6/26/19 MLB Betting Odds and Pick

The Tampa Bay Rays take on the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in Game 2 of their three-game set at the Target Center

Tampa Bay ace Charlie Moton gets the start for the Rays on Wednesday. The right-hander has a record of 8-1 SU with an ERA of 2.31 which is the lowest in the American League this season. Morton gave up only one run in 6.1 innings pitched during his most recent start.

Austin Meadows leads Tampa Bay with his .304 batting. Meadows has produced 41 RBIs and 12 homers on the season. Brandon Lowe has 46 RBIs and a total of 15 home runs while Ji-Man Choi has 9 homers and 30 RBIs. The Rays are averaging just 4.6 runs per game which is good for 19th in the league. The Rays have dropped 8 of their last 12 and have fallen to second place in the American League

Jake Odorizzi will open on top of the mound for the Twins. Odorizzi has a record of 10-3 on the season and has an ERA of 2.58 with a total of 87 strikeouts. He is 1-0 with an ERA of 4.35 against Tampa Bay. In his last outing though, Odorizzi gave up four runs in four innings and got the loss against Kansas City.

Jorge Polanco leads the Twins in offense with his .326 batting average while producing 11 home runs and 38 RBIs on the season. Eddie Rosario has 57 RBIs and 20 home runs for Minnesota. The Twins are averaging an MLB high of 5.7 runs per game and are hitting at an MLB best of .271 Minnesota is also the #1 home run hitting team in all of baseball.

Who Wins?

Tampa Bay is the slight baseball betting underdog and  4-6 SU in their last 10 games played. The Rays are 2-5 SU in their last seven games played on the road. Minnesota is 5-5 SU in their last 10 games played. The Twins are 3-3 SU in their last 6 games played at home. Head to head, the Twins are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games against the Rays. Minnesota is also 4-1 SU in their last 10 home games against Tampa Bay.

The Rays are 2-5 SU in their last seven games against an opponent with a winning record and 27-58 SU in the last 85 games against a team with a home winning record of at least .600. However, Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in Morton’s last nine starts on the road, 6-2 in his last 8 starts on grass and 5-0 SU in Morton’s last five starts against an opponent from the AL Central. The Twins are 14-5 SU in their last 19 games against the AL East, 9-4 in their last 13 games against an opponent with a winning record, 11-1 in Odorizzi’s last 12 starts and 13-3 in Odorizzi’s last 16 starts at home.

The Twins have a one-half lead over the Yankees on top of the American League team standings. They are playing great baseball right now with the best-run differential in their league. Minnesota has also won 14 out of his last 15 games against AL East teams while the Rays have lost five out of their last seven on the road. We have two good pitchers here and this one should be a duel. Odorizzi and the Twins have nearly been automatic. I’m picking the Minnesota Twins to beat the Tampa Bay Rays on 6/26/19.

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Tampa Bay is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games played. The Rays are 2-5 ATS in their last seven games played on the road. Minnesota is also 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games played. The Twins are 2-4 ATS in their last six games played at home.

The Twins have outscored the Rays by 3.67 runs per game in their last three meetings. Odorizzi has allowed four runs in back to back games and six out of the last seven losses by Tampa Bay have been by two or more runs. Three out of the last five wins by Minnesota have come via one run only. I think the Twins will provide Odorizzi with enough runs to pull off the win here. Prediction: Twins -1.5

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The over is 5-4-1 in the Rays’ last 10 games. The total has gone under in four out of the last seven road games played by Tampa Bay. The under is 6-3-1 in the Twins’ last 10 games played. Minnesota has seen the total go under in four out of their last six games played at home. Head to head, the over is 7-1-2 in the last 10 games between these two teams. The over is also 4-1 in the last five meetings in Minnesota.

The total has gone over in four out of the Rays’ last six games against American League teams. The over is also 5-0 in Minnesota’s last five Wednesday games. But the Rays have played under the total in 16 out of their last 21 road games against teams with a winning home record and the under is 7-3 in Morton’s last 11 starts and also 5-2 in Odorizzi’s last seven home start. Prediction: Under 9

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