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The Atlanta Braves (71-60) will look to Whit Merrifield, red hot after a five-hit game, to lead them in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins (72-59) on Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET on BSN. The Braves are -111 favorites for the contest, according to bookmakers. Atlanta’s Spencer Schwellenbach and Minnesota’s Simeon Woods Richardson have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting preview for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $38.02
Braves to win vs Twins -111
Braves vs. Twins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Braves (-111)
- Underdog: Twins (-109)
- Over/under: 8
Braves vs. Twins Betting Insights
- The Braves have been victorious in 58, or 54.7%, of the 106 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- Atlanta has a record of 58-47 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -111 or more on the moneyline.
- The Braves have an implied victory probability of 52.6% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Twins have won 41.5% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (17-24).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -109 or longer, Minnesota has a record of 17-24 (41.5%).
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 52.2% in this contest.
Braves vs. Twins Hitting Leaders
- Marcell Ozuna leads Atlanta in batting average (.307), home runs (37) and runs batted in (96) this season.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Ozuna’s home run total places him fourth and his RBI tally ranks him third.
- Matt Olson is batting .230 with an OBP of .312 and a slugging percentage of .432 this season.
- Carlos Santana is hitting .238 with 23 doubles, 18 home runs and 49 walks.
- In all of the majors, Santana is 62nd in home runs and 85th in RBI.
- Willi Castro’s .252 batting average leads his team.
Braves vs. Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Braves average 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-most in the league.
- The Braves have pitched to a 3.65 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
- The Braves have a combined WHIP of just 1.220 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks third in the majors.
- Minnesota’s 4.10 team ERA ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Twins pitchers combine for the No. 2 WHIP in the majors (1.177).