Twins Mount Last-Ditch Effort Versus Indians

Twins Looking to Keep Pace Against Indians

As expected, the defending AL Central champs from the Cleveland Indians (63-50, -13.51 betting units) are in very good shape to retain their division title. They’re not quite running away with it.

The Minnesota Twins (53-60, -7.11 units) still have a shot at overtaking the Tribe. Minnesota has to narrow the gap during their current four-game series at The Jake. It wraps up today at 1:10 PM ET.

TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, FS North (Minnesota), SportsTime Ohio (Cleveland).

PITCHING MATCHUP: Twins RH Jose Berrios (11-8, 3.51 ERA) vs. Indians RH Corey Kluber (14-6, 2.63).

ODDS: Indians -210-moneyline favorites. The total is at 7.5 -110.

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Two-time and reigning AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber will to start for the Tribe.

Kluber registered his first shutout of the season and the seventh of his career on Saturday. He held the Los Angeles Angels to three hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.

The 32-year-old has given up one run over 16 1/3 innings in his last two starts. After going winless in the previous three, this was a needed turnaround. Kluber is 9-6 with a 3.36 ERA in 21 career starts against the Twins.

The Tribe hope to give Kluber some improved bullpen support during this playoff drive. They added relievers Brad Hand (2.92 ERA) and Adam Cimber (3.42 ERA) at last week’s trade deadline. They also added CF Leonys Martin (.748 OPS).

Leonys Martin, who has gone 5-for-15 with two homers since being acquired from Detroit, sat out Wednesday due to illness.

Twins Have to Have Great Pitching Against Indians

Berrios is pitching very well in his second full season in the bigs. The Twins are up 1.63 units behind Barrios on a record of 13-10.

Berrios has posted four quality starts in his last six outings. This includes Saturday's turn in which he limited Kansas City to two runs over seven innings. He earned the victory.

The 24-year-has permitted fewer than three runs in seven of his last 11 outings. He has gone 5-3 with eight quality starts in that stretch. Berrios is 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts versus Cleveland this year.

Joe Mauer is 16-for-54 with two homers and five doubles versus Kluber.

Logan Forsythe is 9-for-20 with three RBIs during his six-game hitting streak after going 0-for-1 in his team debut on Aug. 1.

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Minnesota	53-60	-$711.00	14-17	39-43	32-27	21-33	54-56-3	-0.26
Cleveland	63-50	-$1,357.00	18-12	45-38	59-42	4-8	57-52-4	0.99

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Jose Berrios (11-8) ERA: 3.51

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Aug 4, 2018	KC	W	8-2	O	7	$44.00
Jul 29, 2018	BOS	L	0-3	U	4.2	-$100.00
Jul 24, 2018	TOR	W	5-0	U	7	$90.00

C Kluber (14-6) ERA: 2.63

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Aug 4, 2018	LAA	W	3-0	U	9	$33.00
Jul 29, 2018	DET	W	8-1	O	7.1	$43.00
Jul 23, 2018	PIT	L	0-7	U	4	-$100.00

Bullpen

Minnesota's relievers have pitched 11 innings in the last 3 games.
Cleveland's relievers have pitched 7.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Minnesota Twins - Jose Berrios

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Jun 1, 2018	7-4	MIN	6	5	4	4	1	7	Win
Apr 18, 2018	2-1	MIN	7	3	0	0	0	5	No Decision
May 13, 2017	4-1	MIN	7.2	2	1	1	1	4	Win
Sep 11, 2016	7-1	CLE	2.2	3	5	3	4	1	Loss
Aug 1, 2016	12-5	MIN	6	4	3	3	0	5	Win

Cleveland Indians - C Kluber

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Jun 15, 2018	6-3	MIN	5	4	4	4	1	3	Loss
Apr 17, 2018	6-1	CLE	6.2	5	1	1	2	6	Win
Jun 24, 2017	4-2	MIN	7	3	2	0	2	13	No Decision
Sep 11, 2016	7-1	CLE	7	4	1	0	2	10	Win
Aug 31, 2016	8-4	CLE	8	6	3	3	2	11	Win

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.42	18	4.12	10
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.25	20	4.46	21
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.11	3	4.68	21
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.71	2	4.91	21

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
Aug 8, 2018	MIN	2	CLE	5	-212	9	U	Jake Odorizzi (R)	Mike Clevinger (R)	8	8	2	3	9	4
Aug 7, 2018	MIN	3	CLE	2	-235	8.5	U	Adalberto Mejia (L)	Carlos Carrasco (R)	11	6	2	2	11	9
Aug 6, 2018	MIN	0	CLE	10	-218	8.5	O	Kyle Gibson (R)	Trevor Bauer (R)	3	11	3	6	13	5
Aug 1, 2018	CLE	2	MIN	0	157	9	U	Carlos Carrasco (R)	Adalberto Mejia (L)	8	5	4	1	5	12
Jul 31, 2018	CLE	6	MIN	2	144	8.5	U	Trevor Bauer (R)	Kyle Gibson (R)	11	6	4	5	8	5
Jul 30, 2018	CLE	4	MIN	5	131	10	U	Shane Bieber (R)	Ervin Santana (R)	9	8	5	3	5	8
Jun 17, 2018	MIN	1	CLE	4	-142	10	U	Jake Odorizzi (R)	Shane Bieber (R)	10	7	3	4	11	11
Jun 16, 2018	MIN	9	CLE	3	-178	9	O	Fernando Romero (R)	Carlos Carrasco (R)	13	10	3	1	5	6
Jun 15, 2018	MIN	6	CLE	3	-215	8	O	Kyle Gibson (R)	Corey Kluber (R)	6	7	1	4	4	5
Jun 3, 2018	CLE	5	MIN	7	102	8.5	O	Mike Clevinger (R)	Kyle Gibson (R)	6	11	4	4	10	4

MLB Betting Odds and Trends

Minnesota Twins
Minnesota is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games
Minnesota is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games on the road
Minnesota is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games when playing Cleveland
Minnesota is 17-8 ATS in its last 25 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota's last 12 games when playing on the road against Cleveland

Cleveland Indians
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 7 games when playing Minnesota
Cleveland is 8-17 ATS in its last 25 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Cleveland's last 12 games when playing at home against Minnesota

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Minnesota Twins

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	53-60	33-24	20-36	32-27	22-33	54-56-3	14-17	39-43
Last 10	5-5	4-2	1-3	3-0	2-5	4-6	1-0	4-5
vs Div	24-21	15-8	9-13	16-14	8-7	19-25-1	6-4	18-17
vs AL	47-48	30-19	17-29	29-22	19-26	43-50-2	14-13	33-35
vs NL	6-12	3-5	3-7	3-5	3-7	11-6-1	0-4	6-8

Cleveland Indians

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	63-50	36-23	27-27	59-41	5-8	57-52-4	18-12	45-38
Last 10	7-3	4-2	3-1	7-3	0-0	3-7	1-1	6-2
vs Div	34-16	20-5	14-11	34-16	0-0	22-27-1	11-3	23-13
vs AL	54-42	31-18	23-24	52-33	3-8	50-43-3	16-11	38-31
vs NL	9-8	5-5	4-3	7-8	2-0	7-9-1	2-1	7-7

Team Last 5 Games

Minnesota Twins

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Aug 8, 2018	CLE	2-5	L	196	9	J Odorizzi	4.2	Mike Clevinger	A
Aug 7, 2018	CLE	3-2	W	216	8.5	Adalberto Mejia	5	C Carrasco	A
Aug 6, 2018	CLE	0-10	L	201	8.5	K Gibson	5	T Bauer	A
Aug 5, 2018	KC	6-5	W	-129	9	E Santana	4.1	D Duffy	H
Aug 4, 2018	KC	8-2	W	-225	9	Jose Berrios	7	B Smith	H

Cleveland Indians

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Aug 8, 2018	MIN	5-2	W	-212	9	Mike Clevinger	7	J Odorizzi	H
Aug 7, 2018	MIN	2-3	L	-235	8.5	C Carrasco	6.1	Adalberto Mejia	H
Aug 6, 2018	MIN	10-0	W	-218	8.5	T Bauer	6	K Gibson	H
Aug 5, 2018	LAA	4-3	W	-265	9.5	Shane Bieber	5.2	Deck McGuire	H
Aug 4, 2018	LAA	3-0	W	-305	8.5	C Kluber	9	Felix Pena	H

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