Red Sox vs. Twins Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 22, 2024

The Boston Red Sox (76-78) are favorites (-120) on the moneyline when they take on the Minnesota Twins (81-73) Sunday at 12:35 p.m. ET, live on BSN. Nick Pivetta will get the ball for Boston while Minnesota will counter with Zebby Matthews.

Be sure to check out our betting primer for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Red Sox vs. Twins Betting Lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-120)
• Underdog: Twins (+100)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox vs. Twins Betting Insights

• The Red Sox have been favorites in 76 games this season and have come away with the win 40 times (52.6%) in those contests.
• This year Boston has won 35 of 62 games when listed as at least -120 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 54.5% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Twins have won 18 of the 48 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (37.5%).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +100 or longer, Minnesota has an 11-21 record (winning just 34.4% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Twins’ implied win probability is 50%.

Red Sox vs. Twins Hitting Leaders

• Jarren Duran leads Boston in batting average (.285) this season while adding 21 home runs and 73 RBI.
• Duran is 57th in homers and 49th in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
• Tyler O’Neill leads Boston in home runs with 31 while driving in 61 runs and slugging .521.
• Carlos Santana paces the Twins in home runs (22) and runs batted in (65).
• In all of the majors, Santana ranks 48th in homers and 78th in RBI.
• Willi Castro has a club-high .250 batting average.

Red Sox vs. Twins Pitching Rankings

• The Red Sox have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Red Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.10 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.264 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
• The Twins pitching staff is second in MLB with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Minnesota has the 20th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.16).
• The Twins have the fourth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.205).