Rangers vs Twins Betting Odds
When: August 21, 2022, at 2:10 p.m. EDT
Venue: Target Field – Minneapolis, MN
Rangers vs Twins Betting Preview
An American League battle continues Sunday afternoon when the Texas Rangers (54-66, 27-32 away) visit the Minnesota Twins (62-56, 35-26 home). Minnesota is currently one game behind Cleveland in the AL Central and 1.5 games behind Tampa Bay for the final AL Wild Card spot. This game will air live on ESPN+.
Texas has been balanced at the dish as they are led by Corey Seager’s 26 home runs and Adolis Garcia’s 75 RBIs. Nathaniel Lowe has a team high .294 batting average. Texas is batting .240 and the pitchers have recorded a 4.12 ERA and 1.31 WHIP.
Minnesota has been balanced at the dish as they are led by Byron Buxton’s 28 home runs and Jorge Polanco’s 55 RBIs. Luis Arraez has a team high .333 batting average. The Twins are batting .251 and the pitchers have recorded a 4.07 ERA and 1.25 WHIP.
Rangers vs Twins Betting Trends
Rangers
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’ last 6 games.
- Texas are 7-13 SU in their last 20 games on the road.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’ last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota.
- The total has gone OVER in 9 of Texas’ last 12 games played on a Sunday.
Twins
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games.
- Minnesota are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games at home.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing at home against Texas.
- Minnesota are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the American League.
- Minnesota are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games played in August.
Rangers vs Twins Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Texas evened this series up with a 4-3-win Saturday. The Rangers were leading 2-1 until the bottom of the eighth inning when the Twins tied the game up and, eventually, sent the game to extras. Texas scored two runs in the top of the 10th inning and were able to hold off Minnesota in the bottom of the inning to get the win.
Corey Seager went 2-5 with one RBI and one run scored in the win. Luis Arraez went 1-5 with one RBI and one run scored in the loss. Jonathan Hernandez improved to 2-0 and Caleb Thielbar fell to 2-2 on the season.
Pitching Matchup: Kohei Arihara (0-1, 4.76 ERA, 1.94 WHIP) vs Joe Ryan (9-5, 3.92 ERA, 1.15 WHIP)