The New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins are set to play the middle game of a three game series on Wednesday. The Yankees won the first game of the series in Minneapolis. The win for the Yankees pushed their season record to 28-15. New York is battling with Baltimore at the top of the American League East.
For the Twins, the loss dropped them to 24-17 on the season. Minnesota is in second place in the American League Central. The Twins have won six out of their last ten games.
The Minnesota Twins come into the game listed at -120 in this game. The total for this game is listed at 8.5 runs.
Yankees Looking to Take First Two
Giancarlo Stanton helped get the party started for the New York offense with a third inning home run off Chris Paddack. It was his 9th of the season. Anthony Volpe, at the top of the order had two hits, and a run batted in as well. Volpe is now hitting .271 for New York.
Marcus Stroman will get the ball for the New York Yankees in this game. Stroman comes into the game with a 2-2 record, and a 3.80 earned run average. Stroman has thrown 42.2 innings this season and struck out 40 batters. His last start was on May 9th against the Astros. He went 5.2 innings, and allowed 9 hits and 4 runs.
The New York Yankees will finish this series in Minnesota, and then head home to take on the Chicago White Sox. After the White Sox leave town, the Seattle Mariners come to Yankee Stadium for four games. Following that, the Yankees are on the road for 9 games at the Padres, Angels and Giants.
Lopez Toes the Rubber
Pablo Lopez is slated to get the nod for the Minnesota Twins. Lopez, 28, is making his 9th start of the season. He is 4-2 on the season with a 3.89 earned run average. Lopez has thrown 44 innings, and struck out 55 batters on the season. He last went on May 9th, going 6.1 , and striking out 10 against the Mariners.
Minnesota came into the new week tied for 6th in all of Major League Baseball in runs scored. The Twins were scoring 4.9 per game. Minensota had a team batting average of .240, and clubbed 44 homeruns. Ryan Jeffers is the top home run hitter for Minnesota, with 9 on the season.
Minnesota is on the road this weekend against divisional rival Cleveland. AFter they finish against the Guardians, the Twins head to Washington DC to take on the Nationals. The next time the Twins are at home after this series is Friday May 24th against the Texas Rangers.
Twins top Yankees
The Minnesota Twins are the favorites here. Lopez is tough to beat, and being at home, we like the Twins chances here. Our final bet for this game on Wednesday is the Minnesota Twins behind 7 strong from Lopez, over the New York Yankees.
Take the Twins -120 over the Yankees. Good luck and enjoy the Major League Baseball action on Wednesday!
