Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins Prediction and Betting Pick. The 3-6 Minnesota Twins play host to the 3-5 Cleveland Indians for this 1st of a 3 game series. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 PM EST tonight April 17, 2015 at the Target Field in Minneapolis.
Wagering Odds
Money line: Cleveland -169/Minnesota +159
O/U Total: 8
Pitching Records
COREY KLUBER (R) ERA: 2.64 W/L: 0-1
MICHAEL PELFREY (R) ERA: 7.20 W/L: 0-0
Target field in Minneapolis is where these two teams will slug it out to hopefully build on their season records. The Twins will be sending Michael Pelfrey who is 0-0 to the hill while Corey Kluber who is 0-1 gets the start for the Indians. The Twins are listed as the +125 home dog while the total line opened at 7.5. These two teams are pretty evenly matched on the offensive side of the game with Cleveland ranking 22nd in the league for hits per game at 7.38 while their counterpart ranks at No.24th with 7.22 hits per game.
Defensively this is a huge problem for the Twins as the visiting Indians are ranked No. 1 in the league on the road by allowing only 1 run per game. In contrast Minnesota is 10th in the league in scoring at home with 4.67 runs per game. Cleveland’s last game saw them win against the Cubs 4-2 on Wednesday with Trevor Bauer at the helm at Progressive Field at home, while Minnesota beat the Royals 8-5 at home on Wednesday night.
Cleveland at Minnesota Betting Trends
The game has gone under the posted total 7 out of 10 time in Cleveland’s last 10 road games.
Cleveland is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Indians are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The game has gone over the posted total 4-6 times with Cleveland in Minnesota
Minnesota is 3-7 straight up in their last 10 games.
The total has gone over 4 times in Minnesota’s last 5 games.
Minnesota is 4-11 straight up in their last 15 games at home against Cleveland.
Injury Report
Cleveland Indians
Michael Brantley
Gavin Floyd
Yan Gomes
Nick Swisher
Josh Tomlin
Zach Walters
Minnesota Twins
Ricky Nolasco
Ervin Santana
Consensus Betting
Cleveland: 67%
Minnesota: 33%
Free MLB Pick
Indians starter Corey Kluber has been very good in two starts this season allowing 2 runs in both outings opening the 2015 season out with two quality starts. He’s yet to get a victory and is 0-1 on the season with a lack of run support being the reason in the loss with Houston shutting down the Cleveland offense. We expect another good effort from Kluber tonight against a team he owned last season with each of his three starts being quality. Speaking of quality starts, Twins starter Mike Palfrey has recorded one of those since 2013. The run line seems like correct approach to this game.
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