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A pair of baseball’s most consistent hitters face off when the Cleveland Guardians (70-65) and the Minnesota Twins (69-67) meet at 8:10 PM ET on Friday at Target Field. Andres Gimenez has a .305 batting average (eighth in MLB) for the favored Guardians (-125), while Luis Arraez ranks fifth in MLB play batting .314 this season for the underdog Twins (+105). Cleveland’s Cal Quantrill and Minnesota’s Dylan Bundy will start this matchup.
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Game Info, Betting Lines for Guardians vs. Twins
- Game Day: Friday, September 9, 2022
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Stadium: Target Field
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Guardians | -125 | 7.5 |
Guardians Stats & Trends
Guardians Batting
- The Guardians are second-worst in MLB play with 102 home runs.
- The Guardians’ .250 batting average ranks 11th in the majors.
- The Guardians’ .311 on-base percentage is 19th in the league.
- Guardians batters strike out 6.9 times per game, the lowest average in baseball.
- The Guardians have hit 65 homers away from home this season (0.9 per game).
- The Guardians are averaging 3.0 extra-base hits per game while slugging .394 on the road.
- The club averages 8.9 hits per game and is batting .253 away from home this season.
Guardians Key Batters
- Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in total hits (139) this season while batting .277 with 69 extra-base hits.
- Among qualifying hitters in the majors, Ramirez’s batting average ranks 32nd, his on-base percentage ranks 34th, and he is 10th in slugging.
- Steven Kwan is hitting .289 with 21 doubles, five triples, three home runs and 51 walks.
- Among qualifiers, Kwan ranks 19th in batting average, 18th in on-base percentage and 117th in slugging percentage.
- Amed Rosario leads Cleveland in slugging percentage (.391) powered by 37 extra-base hits.
- Rosario heads into this game with four games in a row with at least one hit. During his last five outings he is hitting .182 with .
- Gimenez leads Cleveland with an OBP of .372 this season while batting .305 with 27 walks and 52 runs scored.
- Gimenez heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .368 with a double and two walks.
Twins Stats & Trends
Twins Batting
- The Twins have hit 158 homers this season, which ranks 12th in the league.
- The Twins’ .248 batting average ranks 12th in the league this season.
- The Twins have an OBP of .318 this season, which ranks 10th in MLB.
- The Twins rank 11th with an average of 8.2 strikeouts per game.
- In 69 games at home this season, they’ve hit 80 homers, an average of 1.2 per contest.
- In 69 home games this season, they’re slugging .412 with 201 hits going for extra bases.
- In 69 home games this season, they have a batting average of .251 while averaging 8.3 base hits per contest.
Twins Key Batters
- Arraez has accumulated a .377 on-base percentage and a .423 slugging percentage, both team-best marks for the Twins.
- Including all qualifying hitters in the majors, Arraez ranks fifth in batting average, 10th in on-base percentage and 66th in slugging percentage.
- Arraez heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .217 with a double and a walk.
- Carlos Correa paces his team with 115 hits.
- Including all qualified players, Correa’s batting average puts him 42nd, his on-base percentage ranks 29th, and he is 51st in slugging.
- Gio Urshela has 23 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 30 walks while hitting .262.
- Max Kepler is batting .231 with 18 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 49 walks.
Guardians vs. Twins Probable Pitchers
| Quantrill | Bundy | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | GS | 24 |
| 11-5 | W-L | 8-6 |
| 3.55 | ERA | 4.34 |
| 152.0 | IP | 118.1 |
| 42 | BB | 25 |
| 101 | SO | 84 |
