Tigers looking to sweep Twins
DETROIT, MI (TheSpread) – The Detroit Tigers are looking for an impressive sweep of the Minnesota Twins when the two meet today in their series finale at 1:08PM ET.
The Tigers will be sending Shane Greene to the mound for his debut with the team today while the Twins have Kyle Gibson starting. Detroit has won the first two games in this season-opening series by a combined score of 15-0. Detroit has now won three straight meetings with the Twins, dating back to last season. The two have been somewhat trending with the over, as they have hit it in six of their last 10 encounters.
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Detroit is favored to complete the sweep today, as the Tigers are getting odds of -160 to win, while the Twins are getting a money line of +135 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8.5 runs.
On Wednesday, the Tigers posted an 11-0 win over the Twins. Minnesota was held to just four hits in the game while Detroit posted 15. Anibal Sanchez threw 6.2 innings for Detroit, allowing three hits with six strikeouts. Ricky Nolasco lasted just three innings for the Twins. He allowed six hits and six runs. Minnesota comes into this game just 2-6 in its last 8 meetings in Detroit and the two have hit the over in 9 of their last 13 meetings.
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