PREMIUM
Game of the Month MLB 10*
(MLB) Minnesota vs. Chi White Sox,
Point Spread: -1.50 | 110.00 Minnesota (Away)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -1.50 | 110.00 Minnesota (Away)
Result: Loss
#913 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Minnesota Twins -1.5 on the Run Line (+110) over Chicago White Sox, Monday at 7:40 PM ET - We had our eyes on this one for a few days and everything has come together nicely for a big play. The White Sox have suddenly won 3 straight but faced a struggling Rays team that has now lost 6 of 7 and has not been playing good baseball. Now this 6-22 Chicago team faces a red hot Minnesota club that just swept them in a 4-games series and followed it up by sweeping the Angels in a 3-game series! Our concern with the Twins early this season was their bats but they are absolutely getting it going now and are loaded with confidence at the plate. Also, they have scored at least 5 runs in all 7 victories in their 7 game winning streak and they just pounded the Angels by a combined 27-10 in the last two games of that 3-game sweep! The Twins bats have come alive big-time! Also, they hold a big pitching edge here. Yes, Garrett Crochet has some impressive strikeout numbers this season but he has struggled with allowing too many hits, including big hits, in his last 3 starts. It has been like Jekyll and Hyde when you look at Crochet's first 3 starts compared to his next 3 starts this season. He also just faced the Twins and struggled as part of a stretch in which the young hurler has allowed at least 5 earned runs in all 3 starts even though he has not gotten past the 5th inning in any of the outings! He will be no match for Joe Ryan here. Like Crochet, Ryan is piling up strikeouts too. However, unlike Crochet, Ryan is a veteran pitcher and he has been in consistently strong form all season long. He recently pitched very well against the White Sox and he also has been in top form in his two road starts this season with just 1 earned run allowed in each. 11 of the Twins 14 wins this season have been by 2 or more runs. 16 of the last 19 losses that Chicago has suffered have been of the multi-run variety. We are going to take advantage of the value on the run line here in a game our computer math model shows strong odds of turning into a road rout. Lay the 1.5 with Minnesota