Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 55-56 Minnesota Twins play host to the 55-55 Texas Rangers tonight in MLB action on the grass of Target Field, August 11, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10Pm ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Rangers +118/Twins -128
O/U Total: 8.5
Pitching Matchup
Yovani Gallardo (R) W/L 8-9 WHIP 1.33 ERA 3.47
Kyle Gibson (R) W/L 8-9 WHIP 1.30 ERA 3.78
Texas had the day off on Monday and is 1-2 on their road trip. They are 7-3 in their last 10 games. Minnesota also had the day off yesterday and they are coming off a 1-6 road trip. They are 2-8 in their past 10 games. The Twins are 34-22 at home in 2015.
The Rangers lead the season series 2-1 and have a 7-3 advantage in the last 10 games between these two clubs.
Gallardo was a 4-3 winner over Houston in his last start. He gave up 3 runs over 5 innings and has 11 Q starts on the year.
Gibson was a 9-3 loser at Toronto in his last outing. He surrendered 8 runs over 4.2 innings. He has 12 Q starts on the season.
No one on Texas has more than 7 ABs against Gibson. OF Josh Hamilton is 2-4 (.500) with 2 RBIs while 3B Adrian Beltre is 2-6 (.333). The 6 other hitters who have faced the right-hander before are a combined 4-25 (.160) with no HRs, RBIs or SBs.
Only 5 players on the Twins have faced Gallardo before. 2B Brian Dozier is 5-7 (.714) with a HR and 4 RBIs while 3B Trevor Plouffe is 3-7 (.429) with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs. 1B Joe Mauer is 6-12 vs. the right-hander while C Kurt Suzuki (0-4) and IF Eduardo Escobar (0-2) are hitless against him.
Texas at Minnesota Betting Trends
The Rangers are 8-3 straight up in their last 8 games overall.
Texas is 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games against Minnesota.
The game total has gone under in 5 of Texas’s last 6 games against Minnesota.
The Twins are 2-6 straight up in their last 8 home games.
Minnesota is 2-6 straight up in their last 8 games against Texas.
Injury Report
TEXAS RANGERS
Kyle Blanks 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Lisalverto Bonilla 60-Day Disabled List
Robinson Chirinos 15-Day Disabled List
Carlos Corporan C 15-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Derek Holland P 60-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson 60-Day Disabled List
Tanner Scheppers 15-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List
MINNESOTA TWINS
Tommy Milone P 15-Day Disabled List
Ricky Nolasco P 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Pressly P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting (Moneyline)
Texas: 67%
Minnesota: 33%
Free MLB Pick
Minnesota return home where they are 34-22 after a disastrous road trip that saw them lose six of seven games. Yovani Gallardo who has struggled lately failing to record a Q start in his last six outings. He has struggled against the Minnesota lineup with the active roster hitting a career .438 in 38 plate appearances. Twins starter Kyle Gibson has been blown up in three of his last four starts overall, but two of those games came against the Jays and Yankees. He has been good at home lately excluding the Yankee game with three Q starts in his last four and has been very good in two career starts versus the Rangers.
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