Astros vs. Twins Odds & Betting Predictions - April 8, 2023

Astros at Twins

6:10 pm • BSN

Houston Astros

26-24

6 - 9

Minnesota Twins

27-22

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Ryan			4.51	11-10
L.Garcia			4.00	2-2

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Astros 26-24	-1.5+160	o7.5-110	-105
Twins 27-22	+1.5-197	u7.5-110	-115

Saturday 6:10 p.m.

April 08, 2023

Target FieldMinneapolis

HOU +115 (Live)

0.5u

Bet365 3:00 pm EST.

Over 4 (F5)+105

0.53u

Bet365 2:06.

MIN -115

HOU +0.5 (F5)-140

0.71u

Over 7.5-110

0.5u

HOU -105

Under 7.5-105

0.53u

Bet to -110

MIN -115

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Alex Bregman slugged .485 on breaking pitches from RHP last season -- 15th best in MLB-- 87th Percentile. Joe Ryan allowed a SLG of .480 on his breaking pitches last season -- 11th worst among starting pitchers with at least 64 total IP-- 10th Percentile.

Jose Altuve hit 12 home runs on elevated fastballs last season -- second most in MLB-- 99th Percentile. Joe Ryan located his fastball up 58% of the time last season -- 12th highest among starting pitchers with at least 64 total IP-- 91st Percentile.

Luis Garcia has located his pitches away 67% of the time (1,814/2,699) against right-handed batters since the 2021 season -- highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 132 total IP; League Avg: 48% -- 100th Percentile.

Luis Garcia allowed a slugging percentage of .822 (60 Total Bases / 73 ABs) on low fastballs in 2022 -- highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 64 total IP; League Avg: .429 -- 0 Percentile.

Joe Ryan has thrown his changeup 30% of the time (7/23) on the first pitch of at-bats this season -- 4th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 2 total CH; League Avg: 10% -- 97th Percentile.

Opponents had a groundball rate of just 25% (25/100) against Joe Ryan with runners in scoring position in 2022 -- tied for 3rd lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 64 total IP; League Avg: 43% -- second Percentile.

The Twins are just 11-44 (.200) when allowing 2 or more home runs since the 2022 season -- 5th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .291.

The Twins are just 8-58 (.121) when allowing 5 or more runs since the 2022 season -- 3rd lowest in MLB; League Avg: .196.

The Astros are 16-13 (.552) vs top 10 scoring offenses since the 2022 season -- 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: .411.

The Astros are 31-15 (.674) vs the top 10 runs allowed teams since the 2022 season -- best in MLB; League Avg: .402.

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MLB Public Betting

Twins are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Twins are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Twins are 13-13 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 0 of Twins' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 7 of Twins' 23 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Twins	28-21	15-8	13-13	17-14	11-7
Astros	27-23	14-11	13-12	15-18	12-4

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Twins	16-30-3	7-15-1	9-15-2	10-19-2	6-11-1
Astros	21-27-2	11-14	10-13-2	17-16	3-11-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Twins	27-22	16-7	11-15	18-13	9-9
Astros	26-24	16-9	10-15	18-15	8-8

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Apr 7th	HOU	W 3-2	-1.5 L	U 7.5	MIN -131
Apr 5th	@MIA	L 2-5	-1.5 L	U 7	MIA -120
Apr 4th	@MIA	L 0-1	+1.5 W	U 7	MIA +132
Apr 3rd	@MIA	W 11-1	-1.5 W	O 8	MIN -126
Apr 2nd	@KC	W 7-4	-1.5 W	O 9	MIN -146

Taylor Trammell
LF
Trammell is out with calf
Out
Cristian Javier
SP
Javier is out with elbow
Out
Luis Garcia
SP
Garcia is out with elbow
Out
Pedro Leon
RF
Leon is out with knee
Out
J.P. France
SP
France is out with shoulder
Out
Hayden Wesneski
RP
Wesneski is out with elbow
Out
Spencer Arrighetti
SP
Arrighetti is out with thumb
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RL.Garcia, P	86	4	4	4
RP.Maton, P	7	1	1	0
RS.Martinez, P	19	1	1	1
RR.Stanek, P	9	1	0	0
RR.Blanco, P	30	1	0	4

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1C.McCormick, LF	1-4	1	0	0
2A.Bregman, 3B	0-3	1	0	0
3Y.Alvarez, DH	1-4	1	1	4
4J.Abreu, 1B	1-4	1	0	0
5K.Tucker, RF	0-4	0	0	0
6J.Pena, SS	1-4	1	1	2
7D.Hensley, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
8J.Meyers, CF	1-4	0	0	0
9M.Maldonado, C	1-3	1	0	0
9Y.Diaz, PH	0-1	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.Ryan, P	81	6	10	4
RJ.Lopez, P	14	1	3	0
RG.Jax, P	12	1	2	0
LJ. Moran, P	20	0.2	1	2
RJ.Duran, P	3	0.1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1B.Buxton, DH	1-5	1	1	3
2C.Correa, SS	1-4	0	0	0
3T.Larnach, RF	2-4	0	0	1
4J.Miranda, 3B	1-5	0	0	0
5N.Gordon, LF	1-3	2	0	0
6D.Solano, 1B	1-3	1	0	0
7K.Farmer, 2B	3-4	3	1	3
8C.Vazquez, C	2-3	2	0	2
9M.Taylor, CF	0-4	0	0	0