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

Astros at Twins

6:10 pm • BSN

Houston Astros

0-0

6 - 9

Minnesota Twins

0-0

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

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Astros 0-0	-1.5+160	o7.5-110	-105
Twins 0-0	+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 -105

$52.50

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 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Twins are 1-4 in their last 5 games against the spread
Twins are 36-45 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 4 of Twins' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 43 of Twins' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Twins	69-93	33-48	36-45	46-66	22-26
Astros	81-80	40-41	41-39	56-60	23-19

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Twins	83-73-6	43-33-5	40-40-1	63-43-6	18-30
Astros	65-91-5	37-41-3	28-50-2	45-66-5	18-24

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Twins	82-80	43-38	39-42	63-49	18-30
Astros	88-73	46-35	42-38	66-50	20-22

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

Lance McCullers
P
McCullers is out with arm
Out
Cristian Javier
P
Javier is out with elbow
Out
Luis Garcia
P
Garcia is out with elbow
Out

Jose Miranda
IF
Jose Miranda (back) has been scratched Thursday.
Out
Trevor Larnach
OF
Larnach is out with hamstring
Out
Joe Ryan
P
Ryan is out with triceps
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