Minnesota Twins vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Betting Preview | August 29

Luis Arraez leads the Minnesota Twins (65-61) into a matchup against Xander Bogaerts and the Boston Red Sox (62-66) on Monday at 7:40 PM ET at Target Field. Arraez is batting .318, the fourth-best batting average in the majors, for the favored Twins (-120), while Bogaerts ranks 10th in MLB play with a .303 batting average this season for the underdog Red Sox (-100). Minnesota’s Dylan Bundy gets the start against Boston’s Brayan Bello.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Twins vs. Red Sox

• Game Day: Monday, August 29, 2022
• Game Time: 7:40 PM ET
• Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Stadium: Target Field

Twins Stats & Trends

Twins Batting

• The Twins average 1.2 home runs per game to rank 10th in baseball with 149 total home runs.
• The Twins have the 11th-ranked batting average in the league (.249).
• The Twins’ .319 on-base percentage ranks eighth-best in the league.
• The Twins strike out 8.2 times per game, the No. 11 mark in baseball.
• The Twins average 1.2 homers per home game this season (76 total at home).
• The Twins are slugging .410 with 2.9 extra-base hits per game at home.
• At home this season the club averages 8.3 hits per game and is batting .250.

Twins Key Batters

• Arraez leads Minnesota in OBP (.384), slugging percentage (.425) and OPS (.809) this season.
• Among the qualifying hitters in baseball, Arraez’s batting average ranks fourth, his on-base percentage ranks eighth, and he is 67th in slugging.
• Jorge Polanco is batting .235 with 16 doubles, 16 home runs and 64 walks.
• Polanco’s batting average is 115th among qualified players, his on-base percentage 41st, and his slugging percentage 85th.
• Carlos Correa leads Minnesota in total hits (107) this season, and 32 of those have gone for extra bases.
• Correa heads into this matchup with three games in a row with at least one hit. In his last five games he is batting .421 with a double, a home run, a walk and five RBI.
• Gio Urshela has 11 home runs, 50 RBI and a batting average of .267 this season.
• Urshela has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .278 with a double, two walks and an RBI.

Red Sox Stats & Trends

Red Sox Batting

• The Red Sox rank 19th in Major League Baseball with 122 home runs.
• The Red Sox’s .257 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking sixth in MLB.
• The Red Sox have an on-base percentage of .317 this season, which ranks 11th in the league.
• The Red Sox rank 16th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 whiffs per contest.
• In 63 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 51 homers, an average of 0.8 per contest.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .382 in away games this season with 191 extra-base hits.
• They are averaging 8.6 base hits per game and batting .247 on the road this season.

Red Sox Key Batters

• Rafael Devers has 130 hits, a team-high for the Red Sox.
• Including all the qualified hitters in MLB, Devers is 17th in batting average, 35th in on-base percentage and eighth in slugging percentage.
• Bogaerts’ .372 OBP and .448 slugging percentage are both team-highs.
• Bogaerts is 10th in batting average, 14th in on-base percentage and 49th in slugging percentage in MLB.
• Alex Verdugo has 32 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 30 walks while batting .283.
• Tommy Pham has 19 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 46 walks while hitting .249.

Twins vs. Red Sox Probable Pitchers