New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, Pick and Preview, September 8 (9/8): MLB

New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, Pick and Preview, September 8 (9/8): MLB

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Odds

Time 7:05 p.m. EST
Twins money line +165
Twins run line +1.5 (-196)
Yankees money line -192
Yankees run line -1.5 (+156)
Over / under 7

 

Key stats

  Minnesota Twins  New York Yankees
Record 68-67 83-54
Home / road record 28-38 48-20
Last 10 record 4-6 5-5
Streak L3 W4
Over / under record 63-62-10 62-70-5
Runs / game 4.41 4.91
Runs allowed / game 4.23 3.52

 

Preview

The New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins will play the 4th game of the series at the Yankee Stadium on Thursday. The Yankees took the win 7-1 in the third game of the series and are 5-1 vs Twins this season. Gerrit Cole struck out a season-high 14 in the night game, allowing five hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings.

 

Minnesota Twins

The Twins get here with a 68-67 record and have lost 6 their last 7 games. They're averaging 4.41 runs and batting for .249 AVG, 583 runs scored in 1104 hits and 154 home runs, ranking #15 in offense in the league behind the San Francisco Giants. Luis Arraez is batting for .318 AVG. Byron Buxton leads with 51 RBI and 28 home runs.

Defensively they are allowing 4.23 runs per game and ranking #13 in the league. Joe Ryan leads the team with a 3.88 ERA, 121 strikeouts and 10 wins recorded with the Twins.

Probable Pitcher:  Sonny Gray (7-4, 3.10 ERA)

Gray will be on the mound in the 4th game of the series for Minnesota. Gray departed from his most recent start last Friday against the White Sox due to a tight right hamstring, but he shouldn't face any restrictions with his pitch count when he takes the mound Thursday. He has a record of 1-2 with an ERA of 4.55 and 26 strikeouts in 5 appearances versus the Yankees in his career.

New York Yankees

The Yankees get here with a 83-54 record and have won their last 4 games. The team is averaging 4.91 runs per game. They're batting for .238 AVG, 653 runs scored in 1059 hits and 206 home runs, ranking #4 in offense in the league, behind the Atlanta Braves. Aaron Judge leads the team and is batting for .297 with 53 home runs and 115 RBI.

Defensively they are allowing 3.52 runs per game and rank #3 in the league. Gerrit Cole leads the pitching staff with a 3.28 ERA, 204 strikeouts and 10 wins recorded with the Yanks.

Probable Pitcher:  Nestor Cortes (9-4, 2.68 ERA)

Cortes will be on the mound in the 4th game of the series for the Yankees. Cortes looks like he'll be ready to rejoin the rotation without requiring a rehab start, as the Yankees seem to be comfortable with activating him after he completed a 45-pitch live batting practice session over the weekend. He has a record of 2-1 with an ERA of 4.32 and 13 strikeouts in 4 appearances against the Twins in his career.

 

BETTING TRENDS

Minnesota are 1-9 SU in their last 10 games against NY Yankees.

Minnesota are 1-10 SU in their last 11 games on the road.

Minnesota are 0-10 SU in their last 10 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees.

The total has gone OVER in 15 of NY Yankees' last 19 games against Minnesota.

NY Yankees are 6-0 SU in their last 6 games at home.

 

Prediction

The Twins continue to struggle against the Yankees as they have lost 5 of 6 games this season against them. They'll try to avoid the sweep by sending the former Yankee Sonny Gray who has been solid this season and has allowed 2 or less runs in each of his last 4 starts. Nestor Cortes will start for the Yankees who was great in his last startbefore landing in the injury list but allowed 4 runs the last time he faced the Twins. This should be a close game as both starters will dominate on the mound and the offenses will be a bit tired after playing a long double-header on Wednesday. Take the under.

PICK: Under 7 (-110)

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