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MLB : ATS Matchup
Friday 6/22/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
TEXAS  MINOR )
 
MINNESOTA  ROMERO )
-1.5  +135

+1.5  -155
-110

+100

9ov
 
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Final
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TEXAS (32 - 44) at MINNESOTA (33 - 38)
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Friday, 6/22/2018 8:10 PM
MIKE MINOR (L) vs. FERNANDO ROMERO (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
975TEXAS+140Ov 9,-110-105Ov 9,-115
976MINNESOTA-150Un 9,-110-105Un 9,-105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
TEXAS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games32-44-2.234-374.30.2330.3100.3850.6955.20.2710.3270.4500.778
Road Games17-20+5.913-223.90.2280.2970.3650.6634.50.2620.3150.4200.735
vs Right-handed Starters23-29-0.121-294.20.2260.3030.3720.6754.90.2630.3200.4350.755
Past 7 Games5-2+32-55.40.2560.3630.3850.7474.60.2450.3130.3820.695
Grass Games29-41-3.430-364.30.2310.3100.3820.6925.30.2710.3280.4480.776
Night Games23-30+1.425-264.50.2350.3150.3840.6995.20.2720.3310.4500.781
TEXAS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.30.2330.31076253259011713810.3853112827213551967607135
Road Games3.90.2280.297371267289573370.3651331253551325332333220
Righty Starters4.20.2260.303521740393844540.3722041935042235643375132
TEXAS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.771.275262.7125110245269024015-1220871.4%
Road Games2.501.161122.3443410210401117-612475%

MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games33-38-5.333-364.30.2380.3080.3870.6954.40.2480.3160.4000.716
Home Games18-17-1.115-194.30.2460.3210.4050.7264.20.2470.3150.3800.695
vs Left-handed Starters9-11-27-133.30.2170.2860.3320.6193.50.2380.2930.3630.656
Past 7 Games4-3+3.64-34.10.2290.2740.3700.6443.60.2470.3140.3960.710
Grass Games33-35-2.330-364.20.2380.3090.3860.6954.20.2440.3120.3940.705
Night Games19-24-5.223-204.30.2390.3090.3890.6984.70.2510.3180.4140.732
MINNESOTA - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.30.2380.30871241557514210660.3872862456012546851385436
Home Games4.30.2460.321351132278737310.4051421262801322729192815
Lefty Starters3.30.2170.28620659143313130.3326364188412410141912
MINNESOTA - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.171.332252.3126117257387925313-16161355.2%
Home Games4.221.326123.7615812615381166-79660%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
TEXAS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/8/2018FISTER(R)HOUSTONVERLANDER(R)3-7L+1809 ovO5501040
6/9/2018MINOR(L)HOUSTONMORTON(R)3-4L+1609.5 evU5170941
6/10/2018MOORE(L)HOUSTONKEUCHEL(L)7-8L+17510.5 unO161011261
6/12/2018COLON(R)@ LA DODGERSFERGUSON(L)5-12L1658 ovO8811661
6/13/2018HAMELS(L)@ LA DODGERSMAEDA(R)2-3L1607.5 unU81136100
6/15/2018MENDEZ(L)COLORADOBETTIS(R)5-9L-11010.5 evO6401360
6/16/2018MINOR(L)COLORADOFREELAND(L)5-2W+1059.5 ovU1050560
6/17/2018GALLARDO(R)COLORADOGRAY(R)13-12W+11010 ovO10601552
6/18/2018COLON(R)@ KANSAS CITYKENNEDY(R)6-3W-1109.5 ovU882960
6/19/2018HAMELS(L)@ KANSAS CITYHAMMEL(R)4-1W-1359 ovU12101451
6/20/2018BIBENS-DIRKX(R)@ KANSAS CITYJUNIS(R)3-2W-1059.5 unU6100740
6/22/2018MINOR(L)@ MINNESOTAROMERO(R) 
6/23/2018GALLARDO(R)@ MINNESOTAODORIZZI(R) 
6/24/2018COLON(R)@ MINNESOTABERRIOS(R) 
6/25/2018HAMELS(L)SAN DIEGOLUCCHESI(L) 
6/26/2018BIBENS-DIRKX(R)SAN DIEGOROSS(R) 
6/27/2018MINOR(L)SAN DIEGORICHARD(L) 
6/29/2018 CHI WHITE SOX  

MINNESOTA - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/8/2018LYNN(R)LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R)2-4L+1109 evU770750
6/9/2018GIBSON(R)LA ANGELSSKAGGS(L)1-2L-1158.5 ovU760650
6/10/2018ROMERO(R)LA ANGELSTROPEANO(R)7-5W-1109 ovO10708100
6/12/2018ODORIZZI(R)@ DETROITHARDY(L)6-4W-1059 unO7327100
6/13/2018BERRIOS(R)@ DETROITBOYD(L)2-5L-1508.5 ovU4611290
6/14/2018LYNN(R)@ DETROITFULMER(R)1-3L-1109 ovU661650
6/15/2018GIBSON(R)@ CLEVELANDKLUBER(R)6-3W1958 unO610772
6/16/2018ROMERO(R)@ CLEVELANDCARRASCO(R)9-3W1709 ovO13701081
6/17/2018ODORIZZI(R)@ CLEVELANDBIEBER(R)1-4L13010 unU10101770
6/19/2018BERRIOS(R)BOSTONSALE(L)6-2W+1807 ovO5318111
6/20/2018LYNN(R)BOSTONPRICE(L)4-1W+1309 unU851471
6/21/2018GIBSON(R)BOSTONPORCELLO(R)2-9L+1159 unO43016110
6/22/2018ROMERO(R)TEXASMINOR(L) 
6/23/2018ODORIZZI(R)TEXASGALLARDO(R) 
6/24/2018BERRIOS(R)TEXASCOLON(R) 
6/26/2018LYNN(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXLOPEZ(R) 
6/27/2018GIBSON(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXGIOLITO(R) 
6/28/2018 @ CHI WHITE SOX  
6/29/2018 @ CHICAGO CUBS  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
TEXAS: 2017: 78-84, tied for third place.
MANAGER: Jeff Banister (fourth season).
ADDITIONS: LHP Mike Minor, LHP Matt Moore, RHP Doug Fister, RHP Jesse Chavez, RHP Bartolo Colon, 1B Tommy Joseph.
SUBTRACTIONS: 1B-DH Mike Napoli, CF Carlos Gomez, RHP Andrew Cashner, RHP Jason Grilli, RHP A.J. Griffin, LHP Dario Alvarez.
OUTLOOK: AL West champs in each of Banister's first two seasons, the Rangers are coming off their second losing season in nine years. With most of their everyday lineup back, they should be able to hit and score runs again. But in a division with the defending World Series champs and other improved teams, Texas must depend on a revamped rotation ' maybe using six starters in some variation ' and the hope that its bullpen will be drastically improved. The Rangers scored 799 runs last year and ranked third in the majors with 237 homers. Seven returning players had at least 17. That group is led by Gallo, now the primary first baseman after playing three positions in his first full big league season. Hamels, the clear No. 1 starter now that Yu Darvish is gone, missed seven weeks in 2017 with an oblique strain and threw fewer than 200 innings for the first time since 2009. Perez could unexpectedly be ready for opening day after breaking his non-pitching elbow in a mishap on his ranch in Venezuela before Christmas. Fister didn't pitch his first major league game last season until June, and Minor hasn't started since 2014 with the Braves.
MINNESOTA: 2017: 85-77, second place, lost to Yankees in wild-card game.
MANAGER: Paul Molitor (fourth season).
ADDITIONS: RHP Lance Lynn, RHP Jake Odorizzi, DH-1B Logan Morrison, RHP Fernando Rodney, RHP Addison Reed, LHP Zach Duke, SS-3B Erick Aybar, RHP Michael Pineda.
SUBTRACTIONS: RHP Matt Belisle, RHP Bartolo Colon, C Chris Gimenez, DH-1B Kennys Vargas, LHP Hector Santiago, LHP Glen Perkins, LHP Buddy Boshers, RHP Michael Tonkin.
OUTLOOK: After their massive 26-win turnaround last season, earning Molitor the AL Manager of the Year award and a new contract through the 2020 season, the Twins were already on the upswing with their 25-and-under core of Berrios, Buxton, Sano, Rosario and Kepler. Then, after spring training began, they traded for Odorizzi and signed Morrison and Lynn, all at market-bargain prices. They've already had some setbacks, with finger surgery for Santana expected to keep him out for most or all of April, and the gut-punch news of Polanco's suspension, plus the uncertainty that surrounds Sano. But this is a team, even with the bold offseason moves made by AL heavyweights Boston and New York, and the strength of reigning AL Central champion Cleveland, that has the talent and spunk to be right in the playoff mix. With Hughes and Tyler Duffey on track for long-relief roles and a spate of well-regarded prospects set to fill out the rotation at Triple-A Rochester, this is as much starting pitching depth as the Twins have had in years. After using 16 different starters in 2017, they needed that. Rodney, Reed and Duke were important additions to bolster the bullpen, too, after Minnesota relievers ranked 22nd in the majors with a collective 4.40 ERA.
PREVIEW
Banged-up Twins visit Rangers
 

The Minnesota Twins head into the weekend riding high after taking consecutive series from Cleveland and Boston but could be shorthanded Friday night when they open a three-game set with the Texas Rangers at Target Field.

Eduardo Escobar left in the fourth inning of Minnesota's 9-2 loss to the Red Sox Thursday after he took a Rick Porcello fastball to the right elbow.

The AL leader with 32 doubles this season, Escobar has been red-hot this month, batting .386 with an .800 slugging percentage in 70 June at-bats.

Manager Paul Molitor said Escobar would be re-evaluated Friday.

"He's sore and swollen," Molitor said. "I think it got the bottom of the triceps more than on the elbow. We tried to see if he was able to continue, and he gave it a go, but you could tell he was having trouble swinging in that second at-bat."

Eddie Rosario was scratched prior to the game Thursday with soreness in his right shoulder. He leads the team with 16 homers this season and has been having a good month as well, batting .357 with a .757 slugging percentage.

Rosario said he'd be back in the lineup against Texas and Molitor admitted resting the 26-year-old was a precautionary move.

"I just think we're trying to keep the big picture in mind," Molitor said. "So, we're gonna back him off. It's just one of those things where you think what you're doing is best for the player for the long term."

The Twins are already without second baseman Miguel Sano, who was optioned to Class A Fort Meyers to work on hitting the slider, and center fielder Byron Buxton, whose fractured toe has shown improvement but not enough to return from a minor league rehab assignment.

Missing all that firepower will leave right-hander Fernando Romero a much smaller margin for error as he takes the mound for his 10th career start.

Romero has cooled off since going 2-0 with a 1.66 ERA through his first four big league outings, going 1-2 with a 6.46 ERA over his last five. That number is somewhat skewed by an eight-run disaster at Kansas City back on May 30, but Romero's strikeout rate has plummeted from 9.11 per nine innings to 5.95 over his last four starts.

"Gosh, there's still a lot to like," Molitor said. "The way that he's been able to get the ball on the ground pretty consistently, especially the way he can get in on righties."

In his first start against Texas, Romero will face a Rangers' lineup that is feeling good after sweeping the Royals earlier in the week and has won five in a row overall.

Rougned Odor has been a catalyst for the Rangers' recent success. He was hitting .169 exactly one month ago but has batted .267 with a .761 OPS in the 26 games since to raise his average to .226.

"I believe he's progressively gotten better," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. "He's showed progress where we need him to show progress. Odor has been a significant player on this team and will continue to be a significant player."

Left-hander Mike Minor gets the start for Texas.

He held the Rockies to two runs over seven innings in his last outing, giving him a second consecutive quality start for the first time since earning six in a row for the Braves back during the 2014 season.

Friday will mark Minor's first career start against the Twins.


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