MLB Prediction: Twins vs Blue Jays
Major League Baseball betting sees the Minnesota Twins taking on the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday August 6 at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario. Cappers Picks provides complimentary handicapping picks all MLB season long so stay tuned for more FREE MLB baseball predictions.
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Minnesota Twins (54-52) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (56-52)
Date: Wednesday August 6
Time: 7:07PM
Venue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
MLB Betting Lines: Twins +180 / Blue Jays -200
MLB Betting Total: 8.5
Probable Pitchers: Minnesota: Tyler Duffey (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Toronto: Drew Hutchison (9-2, 5.42 ERA)
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The Twins have lost 4 of their last 5 games and their last 3 overall and the Wild Card may be their best bet ot make the playoffs since they are 9.5 games back of the Kansas City Royals in the AL Central. On the other side of the coin the Blue Jays have won 6 of their last 7 games and 3 straight and they are in 2nd place in the AL East.
In terms of the AL Wild Card race the Blue Jays have the 2nd spot, but only lead the Twins by 1 game.
Minnesota Twins
In losing 4 of their last games the Twins have only mustered 16 hits in that span with 8 coming in their 1 win.
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the Twins have lost 12 of their last 16 games overall and to say the Blue Jays have had their number in the last several seasons would be an understatement. Toronto is 40-16 in their last 56 games facing Minnesota and have won 22 of their last 30 facing them at home.
The Twins rank 14th in the Majors in runs scored and 19th in team ERA.
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Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays made some big moves to bolster their lineup and pitching staff picking up slugging SS Troy Tulowitzki and P David Price.
The Blue Jays offense has been dynamic on the season ranking 1st in the Majors in runs scored and their pitching ranks 17th in team ERA.
Josh Donaldson hit a HR in the Blue Jays last game and in his 22-game hitting streak facing the Twins, which is the active streak for any player against an opponent, he is hitting .398 with 6 HR and 20 RBI.
Drew Hutchison goes for the Blue Jays tonight and at home this season he is a solid 7-1 with an ERA of 2.47 and has received 6.24 runs of support.
Hutchison gave up 4 runs and 7 hits over 5 innings in not getting a decision of a 6-5 loss May 31st at Minnesota.
Tyler Duffey is making his Major League debut tonight for the Twins and he was 6-8 with a 2.66 ERA and allowed 1 HR in 21 starts this season pitching for AA Chattanooga and AAA Rochester. Duffey has his work cut out for him facing a great Toronto batting order.
In their 3 game losing streak the Twins have only managed 1 run in each of the games.
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MLB Betting Trends:
* Twins are 2-8 in their last 10 overall.
* Twins are 0-6 in their last 6 vs. a team with a winning record.
* Blue Jays are 6-1 in their last 7 overall.
* Blue Jays are 7-1 in their last 8 vs. a team with a winning record.
* Blue Jays have an Under record of 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
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Hutchison has been solid at home all season and the offense has really helped him out there, which is why they will take this game and then try to finish off the sweep in tomorrow’s contest.
MLB Baseball Score Prediction: Minnesota 1 – Toronto 7
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