The Minnesota Twins (44-47) host the Cleveland Guardians (47-44) on Tuesday at Target Field, beginning at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Twins are favored on the moneyline (-122), while the Guardians are +104 underdogs. The Guardians are the spread favorite (1.5) with +168 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. Taj Bradley starts for Minnesota, and Joey Cantillo is Cleveland’s choice to start.

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Twins vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-122)
• Underdog: Guardians (+104)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have a 15-13 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 53.6% of those games).
• Minnesota has gone 7-6 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -122 or shorter (53.8% winning percentage).
• The Twins have a 55% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 91 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Minnesota, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-33-4).
• The Twins have put together a 49-42-0 record against the spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton has put up a team-best batting average of .271, and paces the Twins in home runs (25).
• Among hitters in baseball, Buxton ranks fifth in homers and 57th in RBI.
• Buxton takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .294 with two doubles, a walk and four RBIs.
• Brooks Lee is hitting .250 with 13 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 24 walks.
• Lee ranks 48th in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 45th in RBI.
• Josh Bell has racked up a team-best 60 runs batted in.
• Bell enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with two doubles, three home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Kody Clemens is hitting .245 with 17 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 20 walks.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins pitching staff is 18th in MLB with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Minnesota has the 27th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.78).
• Pitchers for the Twins combine for the 24th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.388).
• Twins pitchers combine to allow 106 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (19th-fewest in baseball).
• In its 6-1 win last time out, Minnesota struck out 11 Yankees batters while allowing five hits.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have won 21, or 52.5%, of the 40 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Cleveland has a record of 18-16, a 52.9% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +104 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 49% chance to win.
• Games involving Cleveland have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 44 of 91 chances this season.
• In 91 games with a spread this season, the Guardians are 44-47-0 ATS.

Guardians hitting info

• Brayan Rocchio leads Cleveland with a .276 batting average. He’s also hit six homers and has 37 RBI.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Rocchio’s home run total is 192nd, and his RBI total is 102nd.
• Rocchio heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .375 with a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Chase DeLauter is a key run producer for Cleveland with a .272 average, eight homers and 41 RBI.
• DeLauter is 135th among hitters in the big leagues in home runs, and 77th in RBI.
• DeLauter has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .304 with a double, a home run and four RBIs.
• Steven Kwan has collected 62 base hits, an OBP of .328 and a slugging percentage of .278 this season.
• Kwan has safely hit in eight games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .300 with two triples, four walks and an RBI.
• Travis Bazzana has collected 55 hits this season and has an OBP of .339. He’s slugging .412 on the year.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
• Cleveland has pitched to a 3.80 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
• Guardians pitchers have a 1.263 WHIP this season, 11th in the majors.
• With 106 homers allowed, the Guardians rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Cleveland suffered a 7-6 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out four White Sox batters while allowing nine hits.