The Minnesota Twins (76-68) are -247 moneyline favorites Tuesday when they plan to send Pablo Lopez to the mound to face the Los Angeles Angels (60-84), seeking win No. 15. The teams hit the field at 7:40 p.m. ET, live on BSW. Lopez starts for Minnesota while Griffin Canning is Los Angeles’ starter for the contest.
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Betting Odds
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Twins to win vs Angels -247
Twins vs. Angels Betting Lines
- Favorite: Twins (-247)
- Underdog: Angels (+201)
- Over/under: 8
Twins vs. Angels Betting Insights
- The Twins have come away with 58 wins in the 97 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- Minnesota has been a -247 moneyline favorite on eight occasions this season and won every time.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Twins have a 71.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Angels have been the moneyline underdog 118 total times this season. They’ve gone 53-65 in those games.
- Los Angeles has gone 1-2 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +201 or longer (33.3%).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Angels a 33.2% chance to win.
Twins vs. Angels Hitting Leaders
- Carlos Santana leads Minnesota in home runs (20) and runs batted in (61) this season while batting .235.
- Among batters in MLB, Santana is 56th in home runs and 81st in RBI.
- Willi Castro leads Minnesota in batting with a .246 average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 52 runs.
- Zachary Neto paces the Angels in runs batted in (67) and has a team-high batting average of .256.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Neto ranks 56th in homers and 56th in RBI.
- Taylor Ward’s 22 home runs pace his team.
Twins vs. Angels Pitching Rankings
- The Twins average 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
- The Twins have the 19th-ranked ERA (4.19) in the majors this season.
- The Twins have a combined 1.188 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
- The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Angels pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB.
- Los Angeles has the 26th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.47).
- The Angels average baseball’s 24th-ranked WHIP (1.318).