Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins Betting Odds, Lines Picks & Predictions

The Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins will be meeting at Target Field in Minneapolis on June 12th, 2021. Yesterday The Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 making the winners that bet the over at the Sportsbooks very happy. Today, The Houston Astros will square off against the Minnesota Twins for the second game in their series at Target Field at 7:15 PM EST.’

In the past thirteen games the Houston Astros played the Minnesota Twins, they have gone 9-4. Furthermore, this includes the win in the first game of the series on Friday.

Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins Betting Odds, Line Movement

The online sportsbooks opened up with the The Minnesota Twins listed as the -107 favorites. However, The Houston Astros are now sitting as the -115 favorites while the Minnesota Twins are listed as the +105 home underdogs. Originally, the total opened up at nine but now, the online bookmakers have the total listed at 10 runs. Sports bettors should keep in mind that in the past 5 home games when the Minnesota Twins played the Houston Astros at Target Field, they total has gone under in four out of the past five games.

Notes On The Houston Astros

One of the better starters for the Astros is Luis Garcia. He has an ERA of 2.75, a WHIP of 1.0 and 68 strikeouts in 59 innings pitched this year. In his last five starts, he has pitched at least 5 innings and allowed no more than two earned runs in each game (leading to a 5-0 team record).

Jose Altuve and Yuli Gurriel went consecutive home runs on Friday night in Houston’s 6-4 win over the Twins.The Houston Astros have excelled offensively so far this year with one of the best team batting averages in the MLB (.272) and the highest run production in the league (5.43 runs per game). The team’s success is due, at least in part, to its excellent roster batting average, which leads MLB at .333.

HOUSTON, MN – The Houston Astros have seen an uptick in recent success as they get set to take on the Minnesota Twins at Target Field this weekend. With their 4-2 victory over the Blue Jays last Saturday, not only did Houston avoid a sweep of three games against Toronto it also improved to 9-3 over its last 12 games.

Notes On The Minnesota Twins

Jose Berrios has been the Twins’ only bright spot on a struggling pitching staff this season.This article will talk about the MLB game Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins at Target Field on June 12, 2021. Berrios enters this start with a 3.58 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP across 12 starts in 2020. He is 6-2 on the season and the Twins are 5-0 over his last five starts.

Minnesota Twins fans got something to cheer about Thursday night when they came back from behind and defeated the New York Yankees.Minnesota was losing 5-3 in the bottom of the ninth. But they scored 4 more runs with 2 home runs off of Aroldis Chapman to win 7-5. But then they lost against the Houston Astros in their next game.

The Twins’ pitching staff has allowed 7 runs per game over the team’s last four games and 6.6 runs per game during their current 3-7 slump, which brought them to a 25-38 mark on the year. The Twins dropped to 2-5 in their last seven at home against NL Central opponents with Friday night’s loss.

Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins Betting Pick & Prediction:OVER 9 Runs

In order to take the victory, Astros starter Luis Garcia will need to pitch well enough and for the Twins’ Jose Berrios to get a few hits. Since both offenses are hitting well this will be an exciting game so expect these two teams to score more than nine points combined before it’s over!