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The Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at The Metrodome in a one-game playoff to decide the AL Central.
Righthander Rick Porcello will take the mound for the Tigers to start this game. Porcello is 14-9 this season with a 4.04 ERA.
Meanwhile, it’ll be Scott Baker who starts for the Twins. Righthander Baker is 15-9 with a 4.36 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total is sitting at 8½.
Ryan Raburn went 3-for-4 with two homers and three runs batted in to lead the Tigers over the White Sox 5-3 on Sunday.
Jason Kubel was 3-for-4 with two dingers and six runs batted in to lead the Twins over the Royals 13-4 on Sunday.
Team records:
Minnesota: 86-76 SU Detroit most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5 After a win are 5-5 Minnesota most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games on the road Detroit is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road Detroit is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota Minnesota is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit |