Los Angeles Angels vs. Minnesota Twins MLB Betting Preview | September 23

Both the Los Angeles Angels (65-85) and the Minnesota Twins (73-77) enter Friday’s contest on losing streaks. The favored Angels (-151) have lost two straight, while the underdog Twins (+129) are losers of their last four. Los Angeles’ Shohei Ohtani gets the start against Minnesota’s Louie Varland.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Angels vs. Twins

• Game Day: Friday, September 23, 2022
• Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
• Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Stadium: Target Field

Angels Stats & Trends

Angels Batting

• The Angels are 11th in baseball with 178 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
• The Angels’ .229 batting average ranks 25th in MLB.
• The Angels’ .294 on-base percentage is the fifth-worst in the league.
• The Angels’ 9.7 strikeouts per game are the most in baseball.
• The Angels have hit 80 home runs away from home this season (1.1 per game).
• The Angels are slugging .364 with 2.5 extra-base hits per game in road contests.
• The team averages 7.5 hits per game and is batting .221 on the road this season.

Angels Key Batters

• Ohtani leads Los Angeles in OBP (.359), slugging percentage (.536) and total hits (145) this season.
• Among qualifying batters, Ohtani is 39th in batting average, his on-base percentage ranks 23rd, and he is seventh in slugging.
• Ohtani has recorded at least one hit in eight straight games. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .344 with five doubles, four walks and an RBI.
• Mike Trout has 21 doubles, two triples, 36 home runs and 48 walks while hitting .273.
• Trout brings a two-game streak with at least one hit into this one. During his last five outings he is batting .158 with a double, two walks and two RBI.
• Taylor Ward has 122 hits this season and has a slash line of .272/.356/.446.
• Ward brings an eight-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .353 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and seven RBI.
• Luis Rengifo has 15 home runs, 47 RBI and a batting average of .276 this season.
• Rengifo enters this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two home runs and three RBI.

Twins Stats & Trends

Twins Batting

• The Twins have hit 169 homers this season, which ranks 12th in the league.
• The Twins have a team batting average of .247 this season, which ranks 12th among MLB teams.
• The Twins have an on-base percentage of .316 this season, which ranks 12th in the league.
• The Twins rank 12th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.3 whiffs per contest.
• In 75 games at home this season, they’ve hit 86 homers, an average of 1.1 per contest.
• They are slugging .414 in 75 home games this season.
• They are averaging 8.4 base hits per game and batting .254 as a team at home this season.

Twins Key Batters

• Luis Arraez has accumulated a .371 on-base percentage and a .419 slugging percentage, both team-best numbers for the Twins.
• Including all the qualifying hitters in the big leagues, Arraez ranks sixth in batting average, 15th in on-base percentage and 72nd in slugging percentage.
• Carlos Correa has 139 hits to lead his team.
• Including all qualified hitters, Correa’s batting average puts him 23rd, his on-base percentage is 19th, and he is 31st in slugging.
• Gio Urshela is hitting .270 with 25 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 35 walks.
• Jose Miranda has 23 doubles, 15 home runs and 25 walks while hitting .265.

Angels vs. Twins Probable Pitchers