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The Detroit Tigers (41-63) take a three-game losing streak into a home matchup against the Minnesota Twins (54-48) on Tuesday at 7:40 PM ET. The Twins are favored (-195) to give the underdog Tigers (+162) another loss. Chris Archer starts for Minnesota while Detroit will counter with Matt Manning.
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Game Info, Betting Lines for Twins vs. Tigers
- Game Day: Tuesday, August 2, 2022
- Game Time: 7:40 PM ET
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Stadium: Target Field
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Twins | -195 | 9 |
Twins Stats & Trends
Twins Batting
- The Twins rank eighth in MLB play with 128 home runs. They average 1.3 per game.
- The Twins rank eighth in MLB with a .251 batting average.
- The Twins rank sixth in the league with a .321 on-base percentage.
- The Twins strike out 8.2 times per game to rank 11th in baseball.
- The Twins average 1.3 homers per home game this season (63 total at home).
- The Twins are averaging 2.9 extra-base hits per game while slugging .417 in home contests.
- The team is batting .249 with 413 hits (8.3 per game) at home this season.
Twins Key Batters
- Luis Arraez has an OPS of .838, fueled by an OBP of .401 to go with a slugging percentage of .437. All three of those stats are tops among Minnesota hitters this season.
- Arraez is first in batting average, fifth in on-base percentage, and 62nd in slugging among qualifying hitters in baseball.
- Arraez will look for his fifth straight game with a hit in this contest. During his last five outings he is batting .227 with a home run and an RBI.
- Jorge Polanco is batting .235 with 13 doubles, 14 home runs and 53 walks.
- Polanco ranks 113th in batting average, 47th in on-base percentage and 81st in slugging among qualified hitters.
- Byron Buxton leads Minnesota in total hits (64) this season, and 41 of those have gone for extra bases.
- Gio Urshela is batting .268 with a .313 OBP and 44 RBI for Minnesota this season.
- Urshela brings a six-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last nine outings he is batting .313 with four doubles, two home runs, two walks and nine RBI.
Tigers Stats & Trends
Tigers Batting
- The Tigers have hit just 63 homers this season, which ranks last in the league.
- The Tigers have a team batting average of just .227 this season, which ranks 27th among MLB teams.
- The Tigers have an OBP of just .285 this season, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- The Tigers rank 18th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 whiffs per contest.
- In 53 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 31 homers, an average of 0.6 per contest.
- They are slugging .314 in 53 road games this season.
- In away games this season, they’re batting .211 with seven base hits per contest.
Tigers Key Batters
- Javier Baez paces the Tigers with 76 hits.
- Baez ranks 130th in batting average, 146th in on-base percentage and 112th in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters in the big leagues.
- Baez hopes to build on a three-game hitting streak in this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .263 with a double, a home run, two walks and an RBI.
- Jeimer Candelario has 11 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 19 walks while hitting .208.
- Jonathan Schoop has 15 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 14 walks while hitting .208.
- Miguel Cabrera has a .325 on-base percentage while slugging .341. Both lead his team.
Twins vs. Tigers Probable Pitchers
| Archer | Manning | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | GS | 0 |
| 2-5 | W-L | 0-0 |
| 4.04 | ERA | – |
| 69.0 | IP | 0 |
| 37 | BB | 0 |
| 54 | SO | 0 |
