The Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Guardians wrap up their five-game series at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Thursday, June 30. Minnesota has won two of the first three contests of this set and five of its first nine encounters with Cleveland in 2022. Wednesdayโs clash from Progressive Field has been excluded from the analysis, so letโs see whatโs the best Twins vs Guardians betting pick for Thursday night.ย ย ย
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Twins vs Guardians Betting Pick
This game will be played at Progressive Field at 1:10 PM ET on Thursday, June 30, 2022.
Why Bet The Guardians:
โ Shane Bieber will get the ball for the Guardians, and the 27-year-old right-hander is undoubtedly Clevelandโs best pitcher. Bieber is only 3-4 in 14 starts this season, but he also holds a firm 3.07 ERA, 2.88 FIP, and 88/20 K/BB ratio across 85 innings of work. Through his five outings in June, Shane has recorded a 2.87 ERA and 2.59 FIP.
โ Chris Archer (2-3; 3.14 ERA) will get the nod for the Twins, and the 33-year-old righty has yet to get more than 15 outs in an outing this season. Minnesotaโs bullpen hasnโt impressed in the last ten days and 35 frames of work, tallying a 0-3 record with a 4.37 ERA, 4.68 FIP, and 1.29 HR/9.
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โ The current Guardians lineup has ten hits and a home run in 39 at-bats against Archer. Cleveland is way more dangerous when hitting the righties. The Guardians have a 105 OPS+ against the right-handed pitchers and a 74 OPS+ versus the left-handed pitchers in 2022.ย
Minnesota Twins
The Twins split Wednesdayโs doubleheader at Progressive Field. After blowing a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning of the first contest, the Twins blanked the Guardians 6-0 in the nightcap to improve to 43-34 on the season.
In the last couple of weeks, the Twins have slashed .264/.325/.455 with 16 home runs and 33 extra-base hits across 451 at-bats. Byron Buxton has 22 hits and nine home runs over his previous 75 at-bats, while Luis Arraez is hitting .333/.400/.495 in June.
Cleveland Guardians
The Guardians were sitting at 37-34 following Wednesdayโs twin bill against the Twins. They occupied the second spot in the AL Central, three games behind Minnesota and three games ahead of the third-placed Chicago White Sox.
Cleveland has gone only 1-6 over its previous seven contests. The Guardians have posted a poor .235/.288/.359 slash line in the last couple of weeks, slugging just eight home runs over their previous 14 games overall.