Free MLB Picks – Tigers at Twins MLB Odds: The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins, after playing a 162 game regular season schedule must play one more. All knoted up with identical 86-76 records, the Twins and Tigers must play a single play-off game today (5:07 pm ET) to determine the American League Central Division champion. That team, Detroit or Minnesota, will then play the New York Yankees in the American League Divisional Series of the MLB playoffs. The probable starting pitcher for the Twins will be righthander Scott Baker while Rick Porcello is expected to get the call for the Tigers. Baker is 15-9 on the season with a 4.36 ERA. Porcello, a righthander, went 14-9 during the regular season with a 4.04 ERA.
MLB Picks oddsmakers at BetUS.com list the Twins as -165 favorites on the moneyline with a 8 1/2 total. Detroit backers are getting +145 moneyline odds as the road underdog.
It will be Baker's second crucial game against Detroit in as many starts, as he faced the Tigers Thursday to help the Twins split the four-game series. In that start, Baker picked up the win by pitching five innings, allowing only one unearned run. He's been Minnesota's strongest pitcher during the second half of the season, going 12-4 since July 12. He is 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in four starts against the Tigers this season.
Porcello has two quality starts in as many tries against the Twins over the past 2 1/2 weeks, but he received two runs of offensive support in those two games combined. At the Metrodome this season, he is 0-2 and allowed seven earned runs in 10 innings.
Ryan Raburn went 3-for-4 with two homers and three runs batted in to lead the Tigers over the White Sox 5-3 on Sunday. Detroit cashed as -190 home favorites, while the game played OVER the 7.5-run total set by oddsmakers.
Jason Kubel was 3-for-4 with two dingers and six runs batted in to lead the Twins over the Royals 13-4 on Sunday. Minnesota won as -220 home favorites, while the teams played OVER the 9.5-run total set by sportsbooks.
Free MLB Picks: Take the Twins (-165 ml) who are the hottest of the two teams and playing inside the noisy Metrodome.
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